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Record ID 2538
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 3: Students Receipt Book, with professor's names (1760-1765, Type: Student). Page: 39r
Langley's Practicall Geo.
Borrowed: 1764/3/27 (Tuesday). Returned: 1764/3/29 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 27 Mar 1764. Original Returned Date: 29 Mar 1764. Professor 1: James Clow.
John Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Moral Philosophy, Logic, Natural Philosophy, Greek, Physic. Original Full Name: John Wilson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Batty Langley (Male, born 1696, died 1751)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Practical geometry applied to the useful arts of building, surveying, gardening and mensuration ... set to view in four parts ... To which is annexed, an account of the clandestine practice now generally obtaining in mensuration, and particularly the damage sustained in selling timber by measure
Press: BY. Shelf: 2. Number: 9. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn4-b.12 . Original Author: Langley, Batty, 1696-1751..
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Batty Langley (Male, born 1696, died 1751)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Practical geometry applied to the useful arts of building, surveying, gardening and mensuration; calculated for the service of gentlemen as well as artisans, and set to view in four parts. Containing, I. Preliminaries or the foundations of the several arts above-mentioned. II. The various orders of architecture, laid down and improved from the best masters; with the ways of making draughts of buildings, gardens, groves, fountains, &c. the laying down of maps, cities, lordships, farms, &c. III. The doctrine and rules of mensuration of all kinds, illustrated by select examples in building, gardening, timber, &c. IV. Exact tables of mensuration, shewing, by inspection, the superficial and solid contents of all kinds of bodies, without the fatigue of arithmetical computation: to which is annexed, an account of the clandestine practice now generally obtaining in mensuration, and particularly the damage sustained in selling timber by measure. The whole exemplifi'd with above 60 folio copper plates, by the best hands. By Batty Langley. D.M.S.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1726. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 11
ESTC: T11863
Batty Langley (Male, born 1696, died 1751)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Practical Geometry Applied to the Useful Arts of Building, Surveying, Gardening and Mensuration
Borrowed: 1764/3/27 (Tuesday). Returned: 1764/3/29 (Thursday).
Borrower: John Wilson
Author: Batty Langley (Male, born 1696, died 1751), Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Practical Geometry Applied to the Useful Arts of Building, Surveying, Gardening and Mensuration