The construction and principal uses of mathematical instruments / translated from the French of M. Bion by Edmund Stone ; to which he has added, A supplement containing a further account of some of the most useful mathematical instruments as now improved.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: Mendham, N.J. : Astragal Press, 1995Edition: Astragal Press edition; [Facsimile edition]Description: vii, 325 pages, 28 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 31 cmContent type: - text
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- Traité de la construction et principaux usages des instruments de mathématique. English
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Reprint of the 1758 edition published by J. Richardson, London.
Translation of Traité de la construction et usages des instruments de mathématique.
In English, translated from the French.
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1995 facsimile edition of the 1758 second English edition (substantially improved corrected and expanded, and translated by Edmund Stone) of the 1709 French text by Bion ("Chief Instrment Maker to the French King"), with 30 plates. Describes and gives instructions for use of various instruments including compass, ruler, the protactor, the slide rule, the sector, the microscope, staffs, the theodo
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