A NEW TREATISE ON THE USE OF THE GLOBES
Written by Thomas Keith.
Stock no. 616844
Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. 1831. Fair condition.

Dark green calf binding. Small format. 6 folding copper plates. B/w drawings in text. 359 pages and 12 pages of book list at rear. Front board, front endpaper and title page are detached (but present). Rear joint is split but holding by cords. Loss to top of spine. Boards are worn and scuffed, loss of surface leather to edges. A few age related marks to contents. Some hinges pulled. A working copy only.

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A TREATISE ON PRACTICAL MENSURATION IN EIGHT PARTS
Written by A. Nesbit.
Stock no. 556975
Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. 1830. Good condition.

5th Edition. Containing the most approved Methods of drawing Geometrical Figures; Mensuration of Superficies; Land Surveying; Mensuration of Solids; the Use of the Carpenter's Rule; Timber Measure, in which is shewn the Mehod of measuring and valuing standing Timber; Artificer's Works, illustrated by the Dimensions and Contents of a House; Mensuration of Haystacks, Drains, Canals, Marlpits, Ponds, Mill-dams, Embankments, Quarries, Coal-heaps, and Clay-heaps; Conic Sections and their Solids; the most useful Problems in Gauging, according to the New Imperial Measures; and a Dictionary of the Terms used in Architecture. Full brown leather binding. B/w illustrations. xiv and 448 pages. Name in ink to front endpaper (contemporary). Boards rubbed and worn at edges. Joints starting to crack. Text block browned. A few corner creases to contents. Some age browning to contents.

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