[Rarebooks] FS: Hawney's "Compleat [Mathematical] Measurer" London: 1721

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(MATHEMATICS) Hawney, William. THE COMPLEAT MEASURER; OR, THE WHOLE ART OF 
MEASURING. In Two Parts. The First Part Teaching Decimal Arithmetick, with the 
Extraction of the Square and Cube Roots. And Also… Cross-Multiplication. The 
Second Part Teaching to Measure All Sorts of Superficies and Solids, by Decimals…
 Also the Work of Several Artificers Relating to Building and the Measuring 
of Board and Timber: Shewing the Common Errors… The Second Edition; to Which Is 
Added an Appendix, 1. Of Gauging, 2. Of Land-Measuring… London: Printed for 
E. Bell, et al. 1721. 12mo. (20),346pp. Plus (2)pp. printer’s ads. Profusely 
illustrated with woodcut diagrams and text figures. Cont. calf, corners rubbed, 
rebacked, black morocco spine labels. Cont. ownership signature on ffep dated 
1738.     $300.00 (trade discount allowed)

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