| Ref No | EFP/094/1667/6 |
| Finding Number | A094/1667/6 |
| Title | The description and use of the carpenters-rule : together with the use of the line of numbers (inscribed thereon) in arithmatick and geometry. And the application thereof to the measuring of superficies and solids, gaging of vessels, military orders, interest and annuities: with tables of reduction, &c. To which is added, the use of a (portable) geometrical sun-dial, with a nocturnal on the backside, for the exact and ready finding the hour of the day and night: and other mathematical conclusions. Also of a universal-dial for the use of seamen or others. With the use of a sliding or glasiers-rule and Mr. White's rule for solid measure. Collected and fitted to the meanest capacity by J. Browne |
| Level | Item |
| Date | 1667 |
| Description | Use of the line of numbers on a sliding (or glasiers) rule in arithmatique & geometry
Engraved frontispiece signed: R. Gaywood fecit.; Text is continuous despite pagination.; Filmed copy tightly bound, cropped, stained, and worn, with loss of text.; Imprint name from Wing CD-ROM, 1996.; Margins closely trimmed; 314303.; Added t.p. title: Use of the line of numbers on a sliding (or glasiers) rule in arithmatique & geometry.; Microfilm.; ESTCR173095. |
| Author | Brown, John, philomath; Gaywood, Richard, fl. 1650-1680 |
| Subject | Mensuration; Mathematical instruments; Navigation |
| Physical Description | [6], 66, 71-248, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 12j. |
| Access Status | Open |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | London : printed by W[illiam]. G[odbid]. for William Fisher at the Postern-gate neer Tower-hill, 1667. |