The manner of raising, ordering, and improving forrest-trees also, how to plant, make and keep woods, walks, avenues, lawns, hedges, &c. : with several figures proper for avenues and walks to end in, and convenient figures for lawns : also rules by M. Cook.

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Title: The manner of raising, ordering, and improving forrest-trees also, how to plant, make and keep woods, walks, avenues, lawns, hedges, &c. : with several figures proper for avenues and walks to end in, and convenient figures for lawns : also rules by M. Cook.
Author: Cook, Moses.
Publication: London :: Printed for Peter Parker ...,; 1676.
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Subject terms: Forests and forestry -- Early works to 1800.
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Which 741 Barly-corns is above half a foot, as was shewed before; but in finding the Circumference I adde a Cypher to 4, which makes it 40, from that I take 6 times 7, which is 42, and should be but 40, then because I took too much, I neglect 6 when I divide it by the Barly Corns in a Foot Square, so that I do not say it is exact, neither doth the Fraction 741/1296 bear the like proportion as 58/100 for if you ex∣tend your Compasses from 100 to 58, that Extent will reach from 1296. to 750; and if you will be more exact work it by Logarithmes, 'tis 12 foot 82 Inches.