AB being a Line as long as the side of the Square you design, erect on the end A, the Perpendicular DA of the for∣mer length; then taking between your Compasses the said AB, put one foot on D, and describe the blind arch EF, and again putting one foot on B, describe the blind arch GH, to cut EF, and if from their Intersection C, you draw the fair lines CB and CD, you have a true Square.
The English globe being a stabil and immobil one, performing what the ordinary globes do, and much more / invented and described by the Right Honorable, the Earl of Castlemaine ; and now publish't by Joseph Moxon ...
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- The English globe being a stabil and immobil one, performing what the ordinary globes do, and much more / invented and described by the Right Honorable, the Earl of Castlemaine ; and now publish't by Joseph Moxon ...
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- Castlemaine, Roger Palmer, Earl of, 1634-1705.
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- London :: Printed for Joseph Moxon ...,
- 1679.
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- Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
- Globes -- Early works to 1800.
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"The English globe being a stabil and immobil one, performing what the ordinary globes do, and much more / invented and described by the Right Honorable, the Earl of Castlemaine ; and now publish't by Joseph Moxon ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A31232.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.
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IV. To describe a true Square.
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