A mathematical compendium; or, Useful practices in arithmetick, geometry, and astronomy, geography and navigation, embattelling, and quartering of armies, fortification and gunnery, gauging and dyalling. Explaining the logarithms, with new indices; Nepair's rods or bones making of movements, and the application of pendulums; with the projection of the sphere for an universal dyal, &c. By Sir Jonas Moore Knight, late Surveyor General of His Majesties ordinance.

All titles

• A mathematical compendium; or, Useful practices in arithmetick, geometry, and astronomy, geography and navigation, embattelling, and quartering of armies, fortification and gunnery, gauging and dyalling. Explaining the logarithms, with new indices; Nepair's rods or bones making of movements, and the application of pendulums; with the projection of the sphere for an universal dyal, &c. By Sir Jonas Moore Knight, late Surveyor General of His Majesties ordinance.
• Brigg's logarithms (?B1r) Table of logarithms, from unity to 10000, by which, and the table of proportional parts annexed, the logarithms of all numbers under 100000 may easily be supplied (?B1r, vertical caption title) Divisional title: Table of artificial sines and tangents, for every degree and minute of the quadrant, fitted to the size of the logarithms (?D3v) Divisional title: Here followeth a table of parts proportional, for the finding the logorithms of all numbers, betwixt 10000 and 100000 (?D10r)

People / Organizations

• Jonas Moore (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for Richard Mount at the Postern on Tower-Hill, 1693.

Publication year

1693-1693

ESTC No.

R202920

Grub Street ID

80096

Description

[24], 120, [180] p., [2] plates (one folded) : ill. (metal cut) ; 12⁰

Note

Dedication signed: R.H., i.e. Robert Harford.

With a final advertisement leaf.

Variant: title in an earlier state, with "fortification, and gunnery" and "uuiversal".Citation/references Wing (2nd ed.), M2574