GEOMETRY AND metrology
GEOMETRY AND metrology
-Arnold, Joh[ann
] N[ikolaus].
Practical engineer where the art of calculation and geometry prove themselves theoretically and practically. Folded at 20. copper plates and 1
folding table.
Cologne, at the expense of the author, ca. 1793. 4°. [6] Eds. 140, 168 (recte 160), 56, 76 p. Marble. Leather currently with back label (slightly rubbed, back with scraping marks and small missing part on the upper
capital).
Cf. Jähns 2812 - Jordan 0104 (both Frankfurt a. M. and Leipzig 1793). - Via KVK, copies with an additional title page with the printing place Frankfurt and Leipzig, 1793, can be found in public libraries. - Apparently the only edition of this rare work. - On the title page, the author is described as "sworn geometrician" of the Cologne Elector. - The plates gez. "0, 1-18 u. 20". - Also covers construction calculations, spirit levels, fortification, siege and defense of cities, trigonometry, etc. - Slightly browned, endpaper torn (approx. 5 cm).
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GEOMETRY AND metrology
-Arnold, Joh[ann
] N[ikolaus].
Practical engineer where the art of calculation and geometry prove themselves theoretically and practically. Folded at 20. copper plates and 1
folding table.
Cologne, at the expense of the author, ca. 1793. 4°. [6] Eds. 140, 168 (recte 160), 56, 76 p. Marble. Leather currently with back label (slightly rubbed, back with scraping marks and small missing part on the upper
capital).
Cf. Jähns 2812 - Jordan 0104 (both Frankfurt a. M. and Leipzig 1793). - Via KVK, copies with an additional title page with the printing place Frankfurt and Leipzig, 1793, can be found in public libraries. - Apparently the only edition of this rare work. - On the title page, the author is described as "sworn geometrician" of the Cologne Elector. - The plates gez. "0, 1-18 u. 20". - Also covers construction calculations, spirit levels, fortification, siege and defense of cities, trigonometry, etc. - Slightly browned, endpaper torn (approx. 5 cm).
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