CHAP. XV. For the eualuation of measuring lands.
YOu must consider that the fa∣thom of 6 foot in length, doth containe in superficies 36. and that
A treatise of artificial fire-vvorks both for vvarres and recreation with divers pleasant geometricall obseruations, fortifications, and arithmeticall examples. In fauour of mathematicall students. Newly written in French, and Englished by the authour Tho: [sic] Malthus.
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- A treatise of artificial fire-vvorks both for vvarres and recreation with divers pleasant geometricall obseruations, fortifications, and arithmeticall examples. In fauour of mathematicall students. Newly written in French, and Englished by the authour Tho: [sic] Malthus.
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- Malthus, Francis.
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- [London] :: Printed [by W. Jones] for Richard Havvkins, and are to be sold at his shop in Chancerie lane neere to Serieants Inne,
- 1629.
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"A treatise of artificial fire-vvorks both for vvarres and recreation with divers pleasant geometricall obseruations, fortifications, and arithmeticall examples. In fauour of mathematicall students. Newly written in French, and Englished by the authour Tho: [sic] Malthus." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A06780.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2024.
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the 72 inches in length doth contain in superficies 5184 inches, and of o∣ther measures then to valuate a fra∣ction of 19/4•• parts of a fathom, square in superficies you must multiply 5184 by 19. and diuide the product by 47, and there will be 2095 inches for the square of 29/47 of a fathom square and so of other like measures.