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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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.
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London :: Printed by R. & W. Leybourn, for E. Brewster and G. Sawbridge ...,
1653.
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Surveying -- Early works to 1800.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A48331.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2025.

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2. The length and breadth of a long Square being given in Perches, to finde the content in Acres.
  • As 160, to the beadth in perches;
  • So the length in perches, to the content in Acres.

So in the former figure, if the length thereof AB be 50 perches, and the breadth thereof 36, the content will be found to be 11 Acres 40 parts, which is 1 Rood 20 perches; for,

If you extend the Compasses from 160 to 36⅖, the same extent will reach from 50 to 11 Acres 40 parts.

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