AN ACCURATE SYSTEM OF SURVEYING; In Which is Contained, 1. Decimal Fractions, in Plain, Concise, and Easy Manner. 2. The Extraction of the Square Root. 3. Plane Trigonometry, Rectangular and Oblique. 4. An Exact Method to cast up the Contents of Lands. 5. Field Surveying
Litchfield, [CT]: Printed by T. Collier. Copy-Right Secured to the Author, 1796. First edition. Narrow 4to (23 cm). x, (6), 131, (1) pp. In-text diagrams. Evans 30810. Rink 2385. Decker 35-466: "Moore's treatise on surveying is claimed too be the first American work on the subject." Karpinski, pp. 113-114. Text age-toned, but lovely copy in its contemporary binding. Contemporary calf (some wear at lower spine end), gilt rules and leather label on spine. (11222). Item #63357
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