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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Mensuration -- Early works to 1800.
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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 May 12, 2025.
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Of the Valley.
* 1.1AS in the Mountayne ye measured the circuite or com∣passe
of the base or foote: so here contrary, ye shall
meete rounde about the circuite, or compasse of the
height of the Ʋalley. And as ye gott the measure, or
compasse of the toppe of the Mountayne: so measure
the circuite of the deapth of ye Ʋalley. In like maner
as ye measured the ascense, that is, the goynge vp from the foote to
the toppe: so measure the descense, or goynge downe of the Hyll to
the depth of the Ʋalley. The rest all worke, as I haue shewed in
measuringe the mountayne.
For more playnnesse,
beholde this ensāple, or
figur. If ye lay together
the circuits of ye height
and depth, whiche is .210
and .30. taking the halfe
parte of those two circu¦ites,
making an .120. thā
the two ascenses .140. &. 60, added in one produce .200. the halfe ther∣of
beinge .100, with this, and .120. the other halfe of the circuite, ye
may enter your table. That doynge, loe .75. Acres.