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.

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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Forests and forestry -- Early works to 1800.

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Contents

• title page
• TO HIS EXCELLENCY Arthur Capell, Lord Lieutenant and General Governour of the Kingdom of IRELAND, Earl of Essex, Vicount Maldon, Lord Capell, Baron of Hadham, Lord Lieu∣tenant of Hartfordshire, and one of the King's most Honourable Privy Council, &c.
• TO The Courteous READER.
• CHAP. I.
• CHAP. II.
• CHAP. III.
• CHAP. IV.
• CHAP. V.
• CHAP. VI.
• CHAP VII.
• CHAP. VIII.
• CHAP. IX.
• CHAP. X.
• CHAP. XI.
• CHAP. XII.
• CHAP. XIII.
• CHAP XIV.
• CHAP. XV.
• CHAP. XVI.
• CHAP. XVII.
• CHAP. XVIII.
• CHAP. XIX.
• CHAP. XX.
• CHAP. XXI.
• CHAP. XXII.
• CHAP. XXIII.
• CHAP. XXIV.
• CHAP. XXV.
• CHAP. XXVI.
• CHAP. XXVII.
• CHAP. XXVIII.
• CHAP. XXIX.
• CHAP. XXX.
• CHAP. XXXI.
• CHAP. XXXII.
• CHAP. XXXIII.
• CHAP. XXXIV.
• CHAP. XXXV.
• CHAP. XXXVI.
• CHAP. XXXVII.
  • To take the Altitude or height by a Bole of Water, or by a Lookingglass placed parallel to the Horizon.
    • Example.
  • To take an Altitude accessible, at one station, by the Quadrant.
  • Illustration by Numbers.
    • Examp. by the Line of Numbers.
    • Examp. by Arithmetick.
    • Examp.
    • Examp.
• CHAP. XXXVIII.
  • 2. How three Walks may come into a Semi-Circle:
  • 3. How three Walks may break into a Semi-circle at three several places, and how to make the Semi-circle so great, as that you may have just so much Wood on all sides of the Walks, as the Walks are broad, or to order it to what proportion you please.
  • 4. How and where a Semi-circle is proper on the side of a Walk, &c.
• CHAP. XXXIX.
  • To find the Length of an Arch-line Geometrically.
  • How to Raise a Perpendicular at the end of a Line, by which you make a Square, very Ʋseful also to set off a square∣line from a strait-line, in any Garden, Walk, House-end, or the like.
• CHAP. XL.
  • To Divide a Right Line in Power, according to any Proportion given.
  • To divide an Irregular Figure into any parts required; that is, to take what number of Rods you please from such a Figure.
  • How to measure a Triangle with the Four-pole Chain, and never use Division.
    • An Example of the Table of long Measure.
  • Having the Length of a Field, to know what Breadth will make one Acre of Ground, by the Four-pole Chain and Line of Numbers.
• CHAP. XLI.
  • Example.
    • Example. 144
  • A Table from one Foot Diameter, to 8 foot superficial Content.
  • How to measure your Borders, if you let them to doe by the Rood.
    • Example.
    • Example.
    • The Demonstration of the preceeding Examples.
    • Example of the Second Figure.
  • A Table of Board-Measure, by having the breadth of the Board in Inches, against which is shewed the Quantity of one foot thereof in Length.
    • Example:
• CHAP. XLII.
  • A Table shewing the solid Content of one foot Length, of any piece of Timber according to the superficial Content taken at the End there∣of.
    • Example:
  • A Table shewing the true Quantity of one foot length, in any true squared piece of Timber, for Inches and half Inches, from half an Inch square to 36 Inches square.
    • Example.
  • The Ʋse of the Table.
    • Example.
  • A Table shewing by the Compass of Round Timber, what is contained in a Foot length thereof.
  • The Ʋse of this Table is as followeth:
    • Example.
  • This Table shews how many Inches in Length make one Foot of Tim∣ber, according to the Compass of the piece of Timber, from 10 Inches Compass, to 100 Inches Compass.
  • The Ʋse of this Table.
    • Example.
• CHAP. XLIII.
• CHAP. XLIV.
  • Example.
• CHAP. XLV.
  • Example, by that excellent Table the Table of Logarithmes.
  • How to work the same Question on the Line of Numbers.
    • Example Second.
• CHAP. XLVI.
• CHAP. XLVII.
  • Example.
  • Example.
  • Example.
  • Example.
  • Example.
  • Example.
• CHAP. XLVIII.
• CHAP. XLIX.
• CHAP. L.
• CHAP. LI.
  • Example.
  • Example. 2.
• CHAP. LII.
  • Example.
  • Example. 2.
  • Example 3.
  • Example 4.
  • Example 5.
  • Example 6.
• CHAP. LIII.
  • Example 1.
  • Example 2.
  • Example 3.
• CHAP. LIV.
• CHAP. LV.
• illustrations
• The Contents of each particular Chapter.
• A Catalogue of Books of Husbandry, Sold by Peter Parker at the Leg and Star in Cornhil.