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Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, and optics: with The Use of the Globes, The Art of Dialing, and The Calculation of the Mean Times of New and Full Moons and Eclipses. By James Ferguson.
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.Date: MDCCLX. [1760]- Books
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Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, and optics. With The use of the Globes, The Art of Dialing, and The Calculation of the Mean Times of New and Full Moons and Eclipses. By James Ferguson, F. R. S.
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.Date: 1799- Books
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Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, and optics. With the use of the globes, The Art of Dialing, And The Calculation of the Mean Times of New and Full Moons and Eclipses. By James Ferguson, F.R.S.
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.Date: MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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The use of the globes: or, the general doctrine of the sphere: Explaining and Demonstrating the most natural Propositions relating to Astronomy, Geography, and Dialing. To which is added, a synopsis of the doctrine of eclipses. The whole illustrated with a great Number of Copper-Plates, explanatory of each Proposition, in a Manner intirely new. By Thomas Wright, Of the City of Durham.
Wright, Thomas, 1711-1786.Date: M.DCC.XL. [1740]- Books
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Multum in parvo: or, tables exactly calculated for the latitude of London. Teaching any person, though of an ordinary capacity and unlearned in the mathematicks, to draw a true sun-dial on any vertical or upright plane, however Situated in respect of Declination: Only with the help of a pair of Compasses and a Line of Chords; and without any Arithmetical Calculation. The like never before Published. To which is added a table; shewing the distance o each hour-line from the meridian: Upon all Horizontal Dials, Calculated to every Degree of Latitude. Likewise, Spot, Concave, Convex, Instrumental Reflex, Cylindrical Dialing. Also, How to Adorn the said Dials, with all Useful Furniture. Relating to the Course of the Sun. By John Good.
Good, John, active 1706-1733.Date: 1706- Books
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The miner's guide: or, compleat miner. Containing, I. A succinct account of a vein in the earth, and by what Names Veins are distinguished, with a short Account of their Progress. II. The Customs, Laws and Articles of the High and Low-Peak, together with several private Liberties; the last Edition compared with the true Original Copies, and several Errors corrected. And all their Bills of Plaint, Customs, Cross-Bills, Arrests, Plaintiff's Cases, or Briefs; with all other Forms necessary for all Miners and Maintainers of Mines, within each Manour, Lordship, or Wapentake. III. An Account of the Load-Stone, with the first Invention of the Compass; to which is joined Houghton's Dialing and Levelling, illustrated with Variety of additional Examples. IV. Several curious and useful Tables, in most Branches in Mining, by Inspection; useful to both Masters, Overseers, and Others, concerned in the Mineral Way. V. A brief Account of the Assaying the two Metals, Lead and Copper. The whole interspers'd with Variety of curious Observations. By William Hardy.
Hardy, William, writer on mining.Date: [1748]- Books
Ferguson's lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, optics, geography, astronomy, and dialing. With notes and an appendix adapted to the present state of the arts and sciences / by David Brewster.
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.Date: 1806- Books
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The young astronomer's assistant, and countryman's daily companion; Containing the following Particulars: I. An Account of the Common Notes for finding the Moveable Feasts and Fasts appointed by the Church. II. Astronomy, giving a Description and Rules for calculating the chief Circles of the Sphere, of use to find Longitude and Latitude in Traveling, Navigation, and Dialing; also New Rules for finding the Sun's True Place and Entrance into the Four Quarters of the Year, with Tables thereof for seven Years. III. A New Kalendar for Seven Years, beginning with 1755, and continued to 1762, showing the Rising and Setting of the Sun and Moon; the Moon's Signs, Change, Full, and Quarters; Southing of fixed Stars at Midnight; Remarkable Times and Eclipses of both Luminaries; a Table of the Rising, Southing, and Setting of the Seven Stars; Tables of Terms, Tides, Interests, Weights, &c. and many other Things of daily Use. IV. Mensuration of Land, Timber, &c. Artificers Work, with their Prices, &c. The Whole interspersed with Rules for finding every Article, and adapted to the meanest Capacity. By William Hitchman, Shoemaker, of Poulton, near Cirencester.
Hitchman, William.Date: MDCCLV. [1755]- Books
Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, and optics, with the use of the globes, the art of dialing, and the calculation of the mean times of new and full moons and eclipses / [James Ferguson].
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.Date: 1790- Books
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Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, and optics. With the use of the globes, the art of dialing, and the calculation of the mean times of new and full moons and eclipses / By James Ferguson.
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.Date: 1760- Books
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The miners guide: or, compleat miner. Containing, I. A succinct account of a vein in the earth, and by what Names Veins are distinguished, with a short Account of their Progress. II. The Articles and Customs of the High Peak and Wapentake of Wirksworth, with Forms for Bills of Complaint, and Verdicts thereon; Cross-Bills, Forms of Arrest in Action of Debt, in Action of Title, in Case of Trespass, Form of Bills to the Twenty-Four when called to view Mines in Dispute, and Forms of Verdict thereon; and most other Forms necessary for all Miners and Maintainers of Mines within the Wapentake of Wirksworth, with some practical Observations on some of the Articles, never before published. III. An Account of the Loadstone, with the first Invention of the Compass; to which is joined, Houghton's Dialing and Levelling, illustrated with a few Examples The whole carefully revised and corrected, so that it may be depended on. To all which is added, as a second part, an appendix. In which is contained, The several useful and instructive easy Tables, and other Things, set forth in the Title-Page of the second Part. Also, An Alphabetical Explanation of all the Mineral Terms used in this Book. By William Hardy.
Hardy, William, writer on mining.Date: M.DCCLXII. [1762]- Books
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Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, and optics, with the use of the globes, the art of dialing, and the calculation of the mean times of new and full moons and eclipses / By James Ferguson.
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.Date: 1803- Books
Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, and optics. With the use of the globes, the art of dialing, and the calculation of the mean times of new and full moons and eclipses. With the supplement / By James Ferguson.
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.Date: 1772- Books
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Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, and optics. With the use of the globes, the art of dialing, and the calculation of the mean times of new and full moons and eclipses. By James Ferguson, F.R.S.
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.Date: MDCCLXIV. [1764]- Books
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Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, and optics. With The use of the Globes, The Art of dialing, and The Calculation of the Mean Times of New and Full Moons and Eclipses. By James Ferguson, F.R.S.
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
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Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, and optics. With The use of the Globes, The art of dialing, and The Calculation of the Mean Times of New and Full Moons and Eclipses. By James Ferguson, F. R. S.
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.Date: MDCCXCIII. [1793]- Books
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Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, and optics. With the use of the globes, the art of dialing, and the calculation of the mean times of new and full moons and eclipses. With the supplement. By James Ferguson, F.R.S.
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.Date: MDCCLXXIII. [1773]- Books
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Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, and optics, with the use of the globes, the art of dialing, And The Calculation of the Mean Times of New and Full Moons and Eclipses. With the supplement. By James Ferguson, F.R.S.
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.Date: MDCCLXX. [1770]- Books
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The catholic-organon or, universal sliding foot-rule. Of great use in the practice of arithmetic, geometry, mensuration, gauging, trigonometry, navigation, astronomy, dialing, statics, algebra, mechanic powers, and all the branches of mathematics. Invented by John Suxspeach, School-Master, near Ratcliff-Cross.
Suxspeach, John.Date: 1753- Books
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The young man's companion: or, arithmetick made easie; with Plain Directions for a Young Man to attain to Read and Write True English; and Short-Hand. Very easie Rules for Measuring and Plotting of Land, Measuring of Globes, Bullets, Walls, Timber, Stone, Boards, Glass, &c. whether Superficie, or Solids, both by Arithmetick and Gunter's Line: With very easie Rules to compute the Charge of Building Houses, or any part of them. Also the Use of Gunter's Quadrant. With the Art of Dialing, and Colouring Work. Choice Monthly Observations for Gardening, Planting, Pruning, and Grafting of Fruit-Trees. With some useful Directions for Angling. Also Instructions for Inditing of Letters, upon several occasions: How to make Latin Bonds: With Useful Forms of the Law: And Copies sufficient for Writing-Schools. Also a Table of the Great Towns in England; Also what Shire each is in, and their distance in Miles from London. Medicines easily prepar'd for Man and Beasts. Making English Wine. Titles of Honour: Together with the Duties of Christians, that their Joy may be on Earth, as well as in Heaven. With many other Things to incline Youth to Vertue. And a Table to find the material Things in this Book. written by W. Mather, in a plain and easie Stile, that a Young Man may attain the same without a Tutor.
Mather, W. (William), active 1695.Date: 1710- Books
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The instructor: or, young man's best companion. Containing, spelling, reading, writing, and arithmetic, in an easier Way than any yet published; and how to qualify any Person without the Help of a Master. Instructions to write Variety of Hands, with Copies both in Prose and Verse. How to write Letters on Business or Friendship. Forms of Indentures, Bonds, Bills of Sale, Receipts, Wills Leases, Releases, &c. Also merchants' accompts, and a short and easy Method of Shop and Book-Keeping; with a Description of the Product, Counties and Market-Towns in England and Wales. Together with the method of measuring carpenters, Joiners, Sawyers, Bricklayers, Plasterers, Plumbers, Masons, Glaziers, and Painters work. How to undertake each Work, and at what Price; the Rates of each Commodity; and the common Wages of Journeymen; with the Description of Gunter's Line, and Coggleshall's Sliding Rule. Likewise the practical guager made easy: the Art of Dialing, and how to erect and fix Dials; with Instructions for Dying, Colouring, and making colours; and some General Observations for Gardening every Month in the Year. To which is added, The family's best companion: With Instructions how to Pickle and Preserve; to make divers sorts of Wine; and many excellent Plaisters, and Medicines necessary in all Families: and a compendium of the sciences of geography and astronomy: Containing a brief Description of the different Parts of the Earth, and a Survey of the Celestial Bodies. Also some useful interest tables. By George Fisher, Accomptant.
Fisher, George, accomptant.Date: M.DCC.XCVII. [1797]- Books
Horometria, or, The compleat diallist : wherein the whole mystery of the art of dialling is plainly taught ... / by Thomas Stirrup. Whereunto is added an appendix ... by W. Leybourn.
Stirrup, Thomas.Date: 1659- Books
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A new royal and universal dictionary of arts and sciences: or, complete system of human knowledge. Containing, Not only all the various Improvements that have been made by the Learned and Ingenious in every Part of Europe to the present Times; but also a very great variety of useful discoveries, which have been communicated to the Authors of this Work, by Gentlemen of distinguished abilities; whereby every Difficulty attending the Study of the Arts and Sciences is distinctly cleared, and the Whole explained in the most easy and intelligent Manner. Among the various Branches treated of in this Work, are the following: Agriculture, Algebra, Anatomy, Architecture, Arithmetic, Astronomy, Book-Keeping, Botany, Chemistry, Chronology, Commerce, Conics, Cosmography, Criticism, Dialing, Dioptrics, Ethics, Farriery, Fluxions, Fortification Gardening, Gauging, Geography, Geometry, Grammar, Gunnery, Handicrafts, Heraldry, Horsemanship, Husbandry, Hydraulics, Hydrostatics, Law, Levelling, Logic, Maritime, and Military Affairs, Mathematics, Mechanics, Merchandize, Metaphysics, Meteorology, Music, Navigation, Optics, Painting, Perspective, Pharmacy, Philosophy, Physic, Pneumatics, Poetry, Rhetoric, Sculpture, Series and Statics, Statuary, Surgery, Surveying, Theology, Trigonometry, &c. Embellished with upwards of One Hundred Copper-Plates, (among which are twelve large Plates of the Zodiac, from Original Drawings, executed by eminent Astronomers) drawn from real Objects, by the most eminent Artists, and engraved by the best Hands; containing full and exact Representations of the various Instruments, Machines, Tools, Plans, Figures, &c. necessary to illustrate this Work. The anatomical, chemical, and medicinal parts by M. Hinde, M. D. The mathematical parts by W. Squire, Author of The Modern Book-Keeper; gardening and botany by J. Marshall, Gardener, at Knightsbridge; criticism, grammar, poetry, theology, &c. by the Rev. Thomas Cooke, A. B. Author of The Universal Letter-Writer; or, New Art of Polite Correspondence and the other parts by gentlemen of eminence in the several Departments they have undertaken to elucidate.
Date: M.DCC.LXXII. [1772]- Books
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Trigonometry, with the doctrine of the sphere; plain dialing and spherique geometry, or projection of the sphere in plano: to which is subjoyn'd an appendix Applying Plain Trigonometry to the taking of Heights and Distances, and to Plain and Mercator's Sailing. The second edition, more full and correct than the former. To the whole is added a short treatise of Sections of Plans, and an Introduction to Architecture.
Wilson, John, -1746.Date: M.DCC.XXIV. [1724]- Books
Primitiæ gnomonicæ catoptricæ, hoc est horologiographiæ nouæ specularis in qua breuiter noua, certa, exacta, & facilis demonstratur horologiorum per reflexi luminis radium construendorum methodus. Item qua ratione prædicto reflexi luminis radio, in qualibet quantumuis irregulari muri superficie, in interioribus domorum, aliisque locis obscuris, & vmbrosis, cum horologia omnis generis, tùm omnium circulorum, qui in primo mobili considerari possunt, proiecturæ, & curuæ sectorum conorum lineæ, processus solis, & lunæ in planis indices, aliáque plurima scitu digna repræsentari possint, variè docetur / authore R.P. Athanasio Kircher Buchonio.
Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680.Date: 1635