A geometrical practise, named Pantometria diuided into three bookes, longimetra, planimetra, and stereometria, containing rules manifolde for mensuration of all lines, superficies and solides: with sundry straunge conclusions both by instrument and without, and also by perspectiue glasses, to set forth the true description or exact plat of an whole region: framed by Leonard Digges gentleman, lately finished by Thomas Digges his sonne. Who hathe also thereunto adioyned a mathematicall treatise of the fiue regulare Platonicall bodies, and their Metamorphosis or transformation into fiue other equilater vniforme solides Geometricall, of his owne inuention, hitherto not mentioned of by any geometricians.
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dc.contributor.author | Digges, Leonard, d. 1571? |
dc.contributor.author | Digges, Thomas, d. 1595. aut |
dc.coverage.placeName | London |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-05-25 |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-09T12:19:40Z |
dc.date.available | 2019-11-09T12:19:40Z |
dc.date.created | 1571 |
dc.date.issued | 2005-03 |
dc.identifier | ota:A20458 |
dc.identifier.citation | http://purl.ox.ac.uk/ota/A20458 |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12024/A20458 |
dc.description.abstract | Leaf T2 verso has an illustration of an octahedron where a dodecahedron should be. The first leaf is blank. Signatures: [+]² A-Z⁴ Aa-Ii⁴ (Ii3 and Ii4 blank). Imperfect; lacks leaf Cc4. Reproduction of the original in the Yale University. Library. |
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dc.language | English |
dc.language.iso | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
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dc.subject.lcsh | Mensuration -- Early works to 1800. |
dc.subject.lcsh | Geometry -- Early works to 1800. |
dc.subject.lcsh | Surveying -- Early works to 1800. |
dc.title | A geometrical practise, named Pantometria diuided into three bookes, longimetra, planimetra, and stereometria, containing rules manifolde for mensuration of all lines, superficies and solides: with sundry straunge conclusions both by instrument and without, and also by perspectiue glasses, to set forth the true description or exact plat of an whole region: framed by Leonard Digges gentleman, lately finished by Thomas Digges his sonne. Who hathe also thereunto adioyned a mathematicall treatise of the fiue regulare Platonicall bodies, and their Metamorphosis or transformation into fiue other equilater vniforme solides Geometricall, of his owne inuention, hitherto not mentioned of by any geometricians. |
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identifier.stc | STC 6858 |
identifier.stc | ESTC S111670 |
otaterms.date.range | 1500-1599 |
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