Shelfmark
Fk.8.02(02)
Author
Title
The description, nature and general use, of the sector and plain-scale, briefly and plainly laid down. : As also a short account of the uses of the lines of numbers, artificial sines and tangents.
Varying form of title
Pamphlets
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for and sold by Tho. Wright, mathematical instrument maker to His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, at the Orrery and Globe next the Globe and Marlborough's Head Tavern in Fleetstreet, 1721.
Physical description
[4], 44p ; 19cm. (8vo.)
Note
The preface signed: E. S., i.e. Edmund Stone.
Note
x Submitted to ESTC.
Note
Other issues of the same year have in the imprint either "John Coggs" or "Tho. Heath" or "mathematical instrument makers".
Note
Bound with five other items.
Note
Previously: Dg.6.15.
Note
Ms. contents list on flyleaf.
Provenance
Book-label of Nicholas Mann, recording donation to Eton College in 1754.
Binding
18th century brown calf; double gilt fillet to form a border; five raised bands; spine title: "Pamphlets".
Subject
Mathematical instruments Early works to 1800.
Subject
Mathematics Early works to 1800.
Subject
Slide-rule Early works to 1800.
Subject
Slide-rule Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Added entry--name
Wright, Thomas, 1810 - 1877 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Mann, Nicholas, ? - -1753 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B25769