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The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments 1758: Including Thirty Folio Illustrations of Several Instruments - Hardcover
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This translation by Edmund Stone of Nicholas Bion s great classic is further enriched by Stone s many additions that both update the original text and expand it to include English instruments and practices. This second edition has become the authoritative text, with its descriptions, illustrations and explanations of all the significant scientific instruments of the mid-18th century. These include drawing instruments, the carpenter s joint-rule, gauging rods, various slide rules, the Gunter scale, sectors, compasses, microscopes, telescopes, quadrants, micrometers, globes, orrerys, sun dials, water clocks, surveying crosses, forestaffs and cross staffs, theodolites, levels, gunnery instruments...and many more.
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The construction and principal uses of mathematical instruments. Including thirty folio illustrations of several instruments.
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The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments.
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Hardcover. Condition: Wie neu. Transl. and supplemented by E. Stone. Reprint of the 2nd ed. 1758. Mendham 1995. 30 plates. VII, 325 p. Hardbound. This second edition has become the authoritative text, with its descriptions, illustrations and explanations of all the significant scientific instruments of the mid-18th century. These include drawing instruments, the carpenter's joint-rule, gauging rods, various slide rules, the Gunter scale, sectors, compasses, microscopes, telescopes, quadrants, micrometers, globes, orrerys, sun dials, water clocks, surveying crosses, forestaffs and cross staffs, theodolites, levels, gunnery instruments. and many more. Seller Inventory # 26296
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The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments: Including Thirty Folio Illustrations of Several Instruments
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