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[illustration] depiction of the front of a quadrat or quadrant
The fore-side of the Vniuersall quadrat
The description and use of the universall quadrat.: By which is performed, with great expedition, the whole doctrine of triangles, both plain and sphericall, two severall wayes with ease and exactness. Also the resolution of such propositions as are most usefull in astronomie, navigation, and dialling. By which is also performed the proportioning of lines and superficies: the measuring of all manner of land, board, glasse; timber, stone. &c. / By Thomas Stirrup, Philomathemat.
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- The description and use of the universall quadrat.: By which is performed, with great expedition, the whole doctrine of triangles, both plain and sphericall, two severall wayes with ease and exactness. Also the resolution of such propositions as are most usefull in astronomie, navigation, and dialling. By which is also performed the proportioning of lines and superficies: the measuring of all manner of land, board, glasse; timber, stone. &c. / By Thomas Stirrup, Philomathemat.
- Author
- Stirrup, Thomas.
- Publication
- London :: Printed by R. & W. Leybourn, for Tho. Pierrpont, at the Sun in Pauls Church-yard,
- 1655.
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- Astronomy
- Dialing
- Geometry
- Navigation
- Trigonometry
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"The description and use of the universall quadrat.: By which is performed, with great expedition, the whole doctrine of triangles, both plain and sphericall, two severall wayes with ease and exactness. Also the resolution of such propositions as are most usefull in astronomie, navigation, and dialling. By which is also performed the proportioning of lines and superficies: the measuring of all manner of land, board, glasse; timber, stone. &c. / By Thomas Stirrup, Philomathemat." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A93912.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 15, 2024.
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[illustration] depiction of the back of a quadrat or quadrant
The back-side of the Vniuersall quadrat
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[illustration] depiction of a spherical measuring instrument