INVENTORY #4667
The Mathematical Practitioners of Hanoverian England 1714-1840
TAYLOR, E. G. R.
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Publication Info
- Publisher: University Press
- Edition: n/a
- Date Published: 1965
- Place Published: Cambridge
- ISBN: n/a
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- Condition: Good
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
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xi, 483 p. 22 cm. Yellow paper covers with tear at top front. Stamped as "Uncorrected Proof Not To Be Sold." A little thumbing on half title and ink signature at top of title page. A sequel to "The Mathematical Practitioners of Tudor and Stuart England" by the same author. Discussion of the great instrument makers and surveyors of the time period. Biographies from John Adams (spectacle maker) to Young and Son (scalemakers).