WILSON, Henry (1673-1741) and William HUME. Surveying Improv'd or, the Whole Art both in Theory and practice, Fully Demonstrated. London: for J. Wood and C. Woodward, 1741.
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WILSON, Henry (1673-1741) and William HUME. Surveying Improv'd or, the Whole Art both in Theory and practice, Fully Demonstrated. London: for J. Wood and C. Woodward, 1741.
8vo (195 x 120 mm). 11 engraved folding plates. Contemporary sprinkled calf gilt (joints starting, some minor rubbing). Provenance: Ebenezer Hare (early signature).
Third edition, the first to be published with Hume's supplement, Geodoesia Accurata: or, Surveying made Easy by the Chain only. The work, dedicated to Edmund Halley, describes use of chains, surveying wheel, theodolite, circumferentor, semicircle, plain table and scales.
Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat Botanicum
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