Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Young, T., surveyor
Title:
Practical geometry, or, A new and easy method of treating that art : whereby the practice of it is rendered plain and familiar : and the student directed in the most easy manner through its several parts and progressions : a work highly necessary for painters ... : the whole illlustrated with upwards of 50 cuts : to which are added, the first principles of trigonometry, land-surveying, mechanics and astronomy / selected from the most approved authors, by T. Young, Surveyor, Bath.
Alternate Title(s):
Practical geometry
Edition:
Second edition.
Published / Created:
Bath : Printed and sold by M. Gye, Market-Place, [1810]
Physical Description:
144 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
With wood engraved diagrams.
Contents:
Of geometry -- Practical geometry -- Geometrical problems -- Trigonometry -- Mechanics -- Astronomy -- Rudiments of land surveying.
Subject Terms:
Geometry, Descriptive. | Geometrical drawing. | Mechanical drawing. | Trigonometry. | Astronomy. | Surveying. | Gye, M. -- Printer.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1810.