Mellificium mensionis, or, The marrow of measuring [electronic resource] : wherein a new and ready way is shewn how to measure glazing, painting, plastering, masonry, joyners, carpenters and brick-layers work, as also the measuring of land and all other snperficies and solids, by vulgar arithmetick without reducing the integers into the least denomination giving the content of any superficies or solid consisting of feet, inches, and parts of inches, in a fourth part of the time and labour required by the usal way in vulgar arithmetick, together with some choice principles and problems of geometry conducing thereto / by Venterus Mandey.
1685
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Mellificium mensionis, or, The marrow of measuring [electronic resource] : wherein a new and ready way is shewn how to measure glazing, painting, plastering, masonry, joyners, carpenters and brick-layers work, as also the measuring of land and all other snperficies and solids, by vulgar arithmetick without reducing the integers into the least denomination giving the content of any superficies or solid consisting of feet, inches, and parts of inches, in a fourth part of the time and labour required by the usal way in vulgar arithmetick, together with some choice principles and problems of geometry conducing thereto / by Venterus Mandey.
Edition
The second edition corrected.
Created/published
London : Printed for Thomas Hawkins in George-yard in Lumbard-Street, 1685.
Description
[26], 376, [2] p., [12] leaves of plates (some folded)
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Title within double line border.
Each of six books, except the first one and the appendix, have special title page
Reproduction of original in: British Library.
Title within double line border.
Each of six books, except the first one and the appendix, have special title page
Reproduction of original in: British Library.
Contents
A garden of geometrical roses, or, Some propositions being hitherto hid are now made known / written in Latin by Thomas Hobbes and now translated into English by Ven. Mandey
Some principles and problems in geometry thought formerly desperate now briefly explained and demonstrated / written in Latin by Thomas Hobbes and now translated into English by Ven. Mandey
Measuring of [brace] glazing, painting, plaistering, masonry, joyunery, carpenters and bricklayters works by Vulgar Arithmetick without reducing the integers into the least denomination by Ven. Mandey
Measuring of superficial plains / by Vulgar Arithmetick without reducing the integers into the least denomination together with directions for the measuring of land by Ven. Mandey
Measuring of solids / by Ven. Mandey.
Some principles and problems in geometry thought formerly desperate now briefly explained and demonstrated / written in Latin by Thomas Hobbes and now translated into English by Ven. Mandey
Measuring of [brace] glazing, painting, plaistering, masonry, joyunery, carpenters and bricklayters works by Vulgar Arithmetick without reducing the integers into the least denomination by Ven. Mandey
Measuring of superficial plains / by Vulgar Arithmetick without reducing the integers into the least denomination together with directions for the measuring of land by Ven. Mandey
Measuring of solids / by Ven. Mandey.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2852:26)
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Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.) M420B
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Early English books online.
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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