A Treatise on the Art of Measuring
A Treatise on the Art of Measuring
A Treatise on the Art of Measuring

A Treatise on the Art of Measuring

Object number2013.22.25 a,b
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Date1831
OriginNew York, NY
MediumPaper/Leather/Ink
Credit LineGift of Dr. James B. Richardson III
DescriptionBook with detached front cover. Title page has book, author, and publshing information. 344 pages. Front cover is brownish-yellow.Dimensions(a) Height: 7.25 ; Width: 4.375 ; Depth: 1
(b) H: 7.25 ; W: 4.375

Inscriptions(a)
Handwriting in pencil over "TREATISE" on title page "John Dunlaps Book"; various versions of same name repeated in pencil and ink on final page and inside back cover, along with numerical figures.

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Numerical figures handwritten in pencil on backside.
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Title page: "A / TREATISE / ON THE / ART OF MEASURING; / CONTAINING ALL THAT IS USEFUL IN / BONNYCASTLE, HUTTON, HAWNEY, INGRAM, / AND SEVERAL OTHER . MODERN WORKS ON MENSURATION: / TO WHICH ARE ADDED / TRIGONOMETRY, / WITH / ITS APPLICATION TO HEIGHTS AND DISTANCES: / SURVEYING; GAUGING: / AND ALSO THE / MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEMS IN MECHANICS. / BY JAMES RYAN, Author of a Treatise on Algebra, the New American Grammar of Astronomy, / The Differential and Integral Calculus, &c." followed by "NEW-YORK: / PUBLISHED BY COLLINS & HANNAY--WHITE, GALLAHER & WHITE-- / AND JAMES RYAN, 426 BROADWAY. / 1831."
Historical NotesBelonged to John Dunlap. Part of collection related to the Dunlap Company.
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