A treatise on land-surveying, in seven parts. . Part I. Contains definitions and problems in geometry. ... Part VII. To survey by measuring the angles and lines. By Thomas Dix, of North Walsham, Norfolk. The whole illustrated with ... diagrams, and twelve copper plates.
Thomas Dix (c.1769-1813)
Category
Books
Date
1808
Materials
Paper and bookcloth
Measurements
230 x 143 mm; 24 mm (thickness)
Place of origin
England
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Woolsthorpe Manor, Lincolnshire
NT 3055286
Summary
A treatise on land surveying, in seven parts by Thomas Dix.
Bibliographic description
xii,180p., plates . ill.., diags. . 12mo.. Imperfect: lacks plate 12 at end. MS note on pastedown: Price - 6s. in boards. With 8 leaves of MS calculations or exercises at end.. Provenance: Signature on title page (indistinct): W.H. Wilson / Mar. 8th. A. 1813. Name on front board (also indistinct): W.Hy. Wilson / Pilsley 1813. Binding: Blue paper boards, white paper spine (spine-strip lacking; front board almost detached).
Provenance
Books assumed to have been acquired in the 1990s.
Makers and roles
Thomas Dix (c.1769-1813)