The art of shadows [electronic resource] : or, universal-dialling; with tables exactly calculated fo...
The art of shadows [electronic resource] : or, universal-dialling; with tables exactly calculated for the Lat. of 51 deg. 30 min. viz. London. Teaching any person, tho' of an ordinary capacity, and unlearned in the mathematicks, to draw a true sun-dial, upon any given plan, however Situated, in respect of Declination and Reclination. And a table shewing the distance of each hour-line from the meridian, upon all horizontal-dials. Likewise, Arithmetical, Spot, Concave, Convex, Instrumental, Reflex, Cylindrical Dialling. With The manner of Ornamenting these several sorts of Dialling with all Useful Furniture; and how to Cut the five Regular Bodies, and two others, one of twelve Rhombs, and the other of thirty. The second edition, with additions. By John Good, Teacher of Mathematicks.
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London : printed and sold by R. Mount, on Tower-Hill, J. Good, at his School in Great St. Helen's in Bishops-Gate-Street, E. Culpeper , at the Cross-Daggers in Upper-More-Fields ; and T. Warren . Writing-Master in St. Katherines-Court in St. Katherines near the Tower, 1712.
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1712.
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[8],184p., plates ; 8°.
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London : printed and sold by R. Mount, on Tower-Hill, J. Good, at his School in Great St. Helen's in Bishops-Gate-Street, E. Culpeper , at the Cross-Daggers in Upper-More-Fields ; and T. Warren . Writing-Master in St. Katherines-Court in St. Katherines near the Tower, 1712.
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England
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1712.
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The art of shadows [electronic resource] : or, universal-dialling; with tables exactly calculated for the Lat. of 51 deg. 30 min. viz. London. Teaching any person, tho' of an ordinary capacity, and unlearned in the mathematicks, to draw a true sun-dial, upon any given plan, however Situated, in respect of Declination and Reclination. And a table sh...
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First published with the title: 'Multum in parvo'.
Reproduction of original from William Andrews Clark Memorial Library (UCLA).
The titlepage is a cancel.
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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