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RARE SURVEYING BOOK. 1784.
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Books:Antiquarian, Rare:General

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Time left Auction has ended. Location Yorkshire
Country United Kingdom
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RARE SURVEYING BOOK 1784.

The Compleat Art of Land-Measuring; or, a Guide to practical Surveying: Teaching an Exact Method of Measuring and Mapping of Lands, Woods, Waters, &c. by the Catoptric Sextant, and of Casting up the Same by the Pen. Together with directions for levelling, in order to convey water either in pipes or canals. To which is added an appendix, containing a new theory of the Catoptric Sectant, and its use in taking heights and distances, independent of trigonometry: also instructions for measuring of standing timber.

by B. TALBOT.
Printed for T. and W. Lowndes, 1784. 2nd edition.

A Rare book. There are currently no copies of any edition on offer on any internet database. 8 x 5 inches, xxiii + 412 pages, 13 plates, one folding table. Original sheepskin, a little worn and repaired on the spine with new front end papers.


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