The compleat surveyor, containing the whole art of surveying of land : by the plaine table, theodolite, circumferentor, peractor and other instruments, after a more easie, exact and compendious manner, then hath been hitherto published by any ... : together with the taking of all manner of heights and distances ... also, how to take the plot of a whole manor, to cast up to the conteut, and to make a perfect chart or map thereof, all which particulars are performed three several ways, and and [sic] by three several instruments : hereunto is added a new way of suveying of land by which a man may be satisfied whether his plot will close before he begins to protract the same, with the manner how to order such water colours as are necessary for the beautifying of maps and plots, also how to know whether water may be conveyed from a spring-head to any appointed place or not, and how to effect the same : with whatsoever else is necessary to the art of surveying /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed by R. and W. Leybourn, for G. Sawbridge ...,
1657.
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| Edition: | The second edition. |
| Series: | Early English books online.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | Reproduction of original in Cambridge University Library. First published in 1650, under pseudonym, Oliver Wallinby, with title: Planometria, or The whole art of surveying of land. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ([14], 308 pages : illustrations, diagrams |