The complete measurer; or, The whole art of measuring .. (1789)
Hawney, William · London : Rivington · leaf 200
D l)ea Globe,ihe Axh of whicliis 20 Inches, tiicrjthe Circumf. uiilbe 62.832 : Aiv-l,by the lirll Rui.?,multipiy tlie Cir-cumtercnce by tlieAxi^, and the Pro-duiflwillbe i 250.^4,\vhi».h is the lupcr-fici:il Content inInches; take a fuihPurt of this, which is 209.44., (becaufe an exavSl fixthPare… … Or thus, by the fjcond Rule: The Cube of the Axis is 8000 : this multiplied byII, the Produ£l is 88000.; which being divided,by21, the Qaotient is 4190.47, the Solidity. Or, by the third Rule : If the Cube of the Axis be multiplied by .52^6,the Produd is 4188.8, the Solidity, the fame as bythe…
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![An illustration from Nicolai Copernici Torinensis De reuolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri VI : Habes in hoc opere iam recens nato, & aedito, studiose lector, motus stellarum, tam fixarum, quàm erraticarum, cum ex ueteribus, tum etiam ex recentibus obseruationibus restitutos: & nouis insuper ac admirabilibus hypothesibus ornatos. Habes etiam tabulas expeditissimas, ex quibus eosdem ad quoduis tempus quàm facillime caculare poteris. Igitur eme, lege, fruere. [Line in Greek] (1543)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-nicolaicopernici00cope-187-104.webp)
