The boke of measurying of lande as well of woodland as plowland, & pasture in the feelde: & to compt the true nombre of acres of the same. Newly corrected, & compiled by Sir Richarde de Benese.
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- The boke of measurying of lande as well of woodland as plowland, & pasture in the feelde: & to compt the true nombre of acres of the same. Newly corrected, & compiled by Sir Richarde de Benese.
- Author
- Benese, Richard, d. 1546.
- Publication
- Impynted [sic] at London :: By Thomas Coldwell,
- [ca. 1565]
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- Surveying -- Early works to 1800.
- Carpentry -- Mathematics -- Early works to 1800.
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"The boke of measurying of lande as well of woodland as plowland, & pasture in the feelde: & to compt the true nombre of acres of the same. Newly corrected, & compiled by Sir Richarde de Benese." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A08438.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 19, 2025.
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lengthe as in this example. The cry∣cuyte of the toppe of the hyll is. lxxx. perches, and the cyrcute of the roote of the hylis. CC. xl. perches, the whi¦che two summes make. CCC. xx. per¦ches, and the ascence from the foote of the hyll to the top is. CC. perches. Then take the halfe nombre of per∣ches of the cyrcuites of the foote and toppe of the hyll, the which is. C. lx. for the bredth, & the whole nombre of perches of the ascence the whiche is. CC. for the lengthe. Then multy¦ply. CC. by. C. lx. and it maketh. xxxii M. perches, and this sume maketh. CC. acres.