Entrée principale:

Mandey, Venterus.

Titre et auteur:

Mellificium mensionis: or, The marrow of measuring : wherein a new and ready way is shewn how to measure glazing, painting, plaistering, masonry, joyners, carpenters, and bricklayers works. As also the measuring of land, and all other superficies, and solids, by vulgar arithmetick, without reducing the integers into the least denomination ; giving the content of any superficie or solid, consisting of feet, inches, and parts of inches, in a fourth part of the time and labour required by the usual way in vulgar arithmetick. Together with some choice principles and problems of geometry conducing thereto. To which is added, an appendix, left under the author's own hand. The contents of which see in the next page. Illustrated with copper cuts. The like not heretofore published / by Venterus Mandey.

Édition:

The third edition, with additions.

Publication:

London : Printed for Tho. Tebb ... Sam Illidge ... and Tho. King ..., MDCCXVII [1717]

Description:

[26], 487, [3] pages, [12] folded leaves of plates : illustrations, plan, portrait ; 19 cm

Notes:
Books II & III written originally in Latin by Thomas Hobbes and translated by Mandey.
Each of six books, except the first, and the appendix, have special title page.
With frontispiece portrait of the author.
Advertisements: last three pages.
Book I. Of geometry -- Book II. A garden of geometrical roses : or some propositions being hitherto hid, are now made known -- Book III. Some principles and problems in geometry, thought formerly desparate; now briefly explained and demonstrated -- Book IV. Measuring of glazing, painting, plaistering ... works, by vulgar arithmetick, without reducing the integers into the least denomination -- Book V. Measuring of superficial plains, by vulgar arithmetick ... together with directions for measuring of land -- Book VI. Measuring of solids -- The appendix : treating in the first place of the measuring of chimneys reformed.

Sujet:

Geometry Early works to 1800.
Measurement Early works to 1800.
Géométrie Ouvrages avant 1800.
Mesure Ouvrages avant 1800.
Geometry.
Measurement.

Classification/genre:

Early works.

Vedettes secondaires:

Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679. Rosetum geometricum. English. 1717.
Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679. Principia et problemata. English. 1717.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 1399
Cote: 9039; ID:87-B19240
Statut: Disponible