Mellificium mensionis: or, The marrow of measuring, wherein a new and ready way is shewn how to measure glazing, painting, plastering, masonry, joyners, carpenters and brick-layers works. As also the measuring of land, and all other snperficies [sic] and solids, by vulgar arithmetick, without reducing the integers into the least denomination; giving the content of any superficies or solid, consisting of feet, inches, and parts of inches, in a fourth part of the time and labour required by the usal [sic] way in vulgar arithmetick. Together with some choice principle and problems of geometry conducing thereto. The whole treatise being comprized in six books, and illustrated with copper cuts. An account whereof is given in the epistle to the reader; the like not heretofore published. The second edition corrected. By Venterus Mandey.

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  • Mellificium mensionis: or, The marrow of measuring, wherein a new and ready way is shewn how to measure glazing, painting, plastering, masonry, joyners, carpenters and brick-layers works. As also the measuring of land, and all other snperficies [sic] and solids, by vulgar arithmetick, without reducing the integers into the least denomination; giving the content of any superficies or solid, consisting of feet, inches, and parts of inches, in a fourth part of the time and labour required by the usal [sic] way in vulgar arithmetick. Together with some choice principle and problems of geometry conducing thereto. The whole treatise being comprized in six books, and illustrated with copper cuts. An account whereof is given in the epistle to the reader; the like not heretofore published. The second edition corrected. By Venterus Mandey.
  • Mellificium mensionis Marrow of measuring
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Imprint
London: printed for Thomas Howkins, in George-yard in Lumbard-street, 1685.
Publication year
1685-1685
ESTC No.
R203031
Grub Street ID
80185
Description
[26], 376, [2] p., plates (some folded) : port., ill. ; 8⁰
Note
Variant: semicolon after "carpenters" in line 9 of title. Only copy seen of variant has slip cancel reading: London, printed: sold by Samuel Clarke, in George-yard in Lombard-street, bookseller, 1698, pasted over imprint, and is catalogued separately.

With a final errata leaf.