A boke named Tectonicon briefely shewynge the exacte measurynge, and speady reckenynge all maner lande, squared tymber, stone, steaples, pyllers, globes. [et]c. Further, declaringe the perfecte makinge and large vse of the carpenters ruler, conteyninge a quadrant geometricall: comprehendinge also the rare vse of the squire. And in thende a lyttle treatise adioyned, openinge the composicion and appliancie of an instrument called the profitable staffe. With other thinges pleasaunt and necessary, most conducible for surueyers, landemeaters, ioyners, carpenters, and masons. Published by Leonarde Digges gentleman, in the yere of our Lorde. 1556.
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A boke named Tectonicon briefely shewynge the exacte measurynge, and speady reckenynge all maner lande, squared tymber, stone, steaples, pyllers, globes. [et]c. Further, declaringe the perfecte makinge and large vse of the carpenters ruler, conteyninge a quadrant geometricall: comprehendinge also the rare vse of the squire. And in thende a lyttle treatise adioyned, openinge the composicion and appliancie of an instrument called the profitable staffe. With other thinges pleasaunt and necessary, most conducible for surueyers, landemeaters, ioyners, carpenters, and masons. Published by Leonarde Digges gentleman, in the yere of our Lorde. 1556.
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Digges, Leonard, d. 1571?
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Imprynted at London :: By Thomas Gemini, dwellynge within the Blacke Friers: who is there ready exactly to make all the instrumentes apperteynynge to this booke,
Anno. 1562.
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"A boke named Tectonicon briefely shewynge the exacte measurynge, and speady reckenynge all maner lande, squared tymber, stone, steaples, pyllers, globes. [et]c. Further, declaringe the perfecte makinge and large vse of the carpenters ruler, conteyninge a quadrant geometricall: comprehendinge also the rare vse of the squire. And in thende a lyttle treatise adioyned, openinge the composicion and appliancie of an instrument called the profitable staffe. With other thinges pleasaunt and necessary, most conducible for surueyers, landemeaters, ioyners, carpenters, and masons. Published by Leonarde Digges gentleman, in the yere of our Lorde. 1556." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A20450.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 28, 2025.
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A rule for all maner regular or right squared lande of
many sydes, as 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 20. 100. &c.
THE IIII. CHAPTER. (Book 4)
* 1.1MEasure and laye all the sydes together, taking the halfe num¦ber
of Pearches there conteyned. Then drawe a right han∣ginge
lyne from the centre or myddes of that fygure, to the
middes of some one syde. And with that lengthe and the other enter
your Table. Note that the Triangle of all sydes like, and the Qua∣drate
fygure, are also measured by this rule.
Ensample.
SƲppose this figure. a. b. c. d. to be a stresquare pece of land
and euery syde .24. pearches. The halfe summe of all sy∣des
is .72. pearches: the right hanginge pricked lyne, a. c.
21. Pearches. With these two numbers ye muste enter
your table of accompt folowinge hereafter. And dooe as
is opened in the declaration there adioined, when numbres surmoūt
the Table, as they do here.
So shall ye finde, 9. Acres .1. Roode, and. 8. Dayworkes, the contēt
of this fygure. a. b. c. d. Euen thus is the other nynesquared fygure
measured, and all suche like.