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An appendix or second part to the Compleat treatise on perspective / by Thomas Malton.
Malton, Thomas, 1726-1801.Date: 1783- Books
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An essay, concerning the publication of works, on science and literature, by subscription. Inscribed to the Nobility and Gentry of England, by Thomas Malton; author of the Compleat treatise on perspective, in Folio. To which is added A true case, between that author, his printer, and paper-merchant.
Malton, Thomas, 1726-1801.Date: Printed in the Year MDCCLXXVII. [1777]- Books
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An appendix, or, Second part to the complete treatise on perspective; Containing a brief history of perspective, from the earliest and most authentic accounts of it, down to the eighteenth century, when it first began to flourish in England; in which the methods of practice, used by the ancients, are exemplisied and compared with those now in use. Military perspective; bird's eye views; &c. The appearances of ascending and descending on an upright plane; such deceptions in vision accounted for, and illustrated by stricking representations: with useful and critical remarks on round subjects in general. The application of perspective to scenery; also to a ship; and in landscape; projection on curved surfaces; with other distortions, or anamorphoses; inverse perspective. Also the doctrine of reflection on plane mirrours. And, lastly, it contains a parallel and criticism on all the English authors who have wrote treatises on perspective; and the principles of Dr. Brook Taylor's perspective compared with Guidus Ubaldus, and S'sgravesande. The whole delivered in nine sections, and illustrated by ten plates. Second edition, with additions and improvements. Price one guinea. By Thomas Malton, sen.
Malton, Thomas, 1726-1801.Date: 1800- Books
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The new royal road to geometry, and familiar introduction to the mathematics. Part I. Elements of Geometry Abridged. Containing the whole Substance of Euclid's first six, the eleventh and twelfth Books; with many other, useful and valuable, Theorems; treated in the most brief, easy, and intelligent manner; being an attempt to render the knowledge of that most useful and necessary Science more general. With Notes interspersed, critical, explanatory, and instructive. By Thomas Malton, Sen. To which is annexed, an Appendix, on the Theory of Mensuration of Superficies and Solids, as deduced from the Elements; with some Properties of Ellipses demonstrated.
Malton, Thomas, 1726-1801.Date: MDCCXCIII. [1793]- Books
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A royal road to geometry; or, an easy and familiar introduction to the mathematics. In Two Parts. I. Practical Geometry, with Applications, and a familiar Introduction; for the use of Mechanics, &c. Also, the Construction of the Ellipsis; with some of its chief Properties demonstrated. II. Elements of Geometry Abridged. Containing the whole Substance of Euclid's first six, the eleventh and twelfth Books; with several other, useful and valuable, Theorems; treated in the most brief, easy, and intelligent manner; for the use of Schools, &c. Being an Attempt to render that most useful and necessary Science more universal, and practically applicable. Interspersed with Notes, critical, explanatory, and instructive. By Thomas Malton. To which is annexed, an Appendix, on the Theory of Mensuration of Superficies and Solids, as deduced from the Elements.
Malton, Thomas, 1726-1801.Date: MDCCLXXIV. [1774]