13. A limit or term is the end of every thing.
As a point is the limit or term of a Line, because it is the end there∣of, so a Line likewise is the limit and term of a Superficies; and a Superficies is the limit and term of a Body.
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.
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- 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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