The compleat surveyor containing the whole art of surveying of land by the plain table, theodolite, circumferentor, and peractor ... : together with the taking of all manner of heights and distances, either by William Leybourn.

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Title: The compleat surveyor containing the whole art of surveying of land by the plain table, theodolite, circumferentor, and peractor ... : together with the taking of all manner of heights and distances, either by William Leybourn.
Author: Leybourn, William, 1626-1716.
Publication: London :: Printed by R. & W. Leybourn, for E. Brewster and G. Sawbridge ...,; 1653.
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Subject terms: Surveying -- Early works to 1800.
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IN measuring by Master Gunters Chain you are in your account only to take notice of Chains and Links, as was before intimated in the description thereof Cap. 5. Lib. 2. Suppose then that the figure B were a piece of Land ly∣ing in a long square, and that being measured by Master Gunters Chain should contain in length 9 Chains 50 Links, and in breadth 6 Chains 25 Links.

[illustration]

Set your numbers down as before is taught and as here you see, drawing a line under them, then multiplying them together, you shall finde the product to be 593750,

9,50

6,25

4750

1900

5700

593750

from which product you must alwayes cut off the five last figures towards the right hands with a dash of your pen, then will the product stand thus, 593750, so is the 5 towards the left hand com∣pleat Acres, and the 93750 hundred thou∣sand parts of an Acre, which to reduce into Roods and Perches is easie, by help of this Table.

For, if you looke for 90000, under the ti∣tle Links (which is the first figure with Cy∣phers added)

Links.	R.	P.
100000	4	0
90000	3	24
80000	3	8
70000	2	32
60000	2	16
50000	2	0
40000	1	24
30000	1	8
20000	0	32
10000	0	16
9375	0	15
8750	0	14
8125	0	13
7500	0	12
6875	0	11
6250	0	10
5625	0	9
5000	0	8
4375	0	7
3750	0	6
3125	0	5
2500	0	4
1875	0	3
1250	0	2
624	0	1

you shall finde against it 3 Roods, 24 Perches, then looke for 3750, and against it you shall finde 6 perches, all which being added together as here you see, the area or con∣tent of the whole piece will be 5 Acres, 3 Roods and 30 Perches.

A.	R.	P.
5	00	00
	3	24
		6
5	03	30