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A booke named Tectonicon, briefly shevving the exact measuring, and speedie reckoning all manner of land, squares, timber, stone, steeples, pillers, globes, &c. Further, declaring the perfect making and large vse of the carpenters ruler, containing a quadrant geometricall: comprehending also the rare vse of the squire. And in the end a little treatise adioyning, opening the composition and appliancie of an instrument, called the profitable staffe. With other things pleasant and necessarie, most conducible for surueyers, landmeaters, ioyners, carpenters and masons. Published by Leonard Digges Gentleman, in the yeere of our Lord, 1556.
GB 2014 WS-01-BUS-PRS/1/12d · Item · 1625
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Digges, Leonard,
A Chronicle of the Kings of England
GB 2014 WS-01-BUS-MM/1/11 · Item · 1660
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A chronicle of the Kings of England, from the time of the Romans Government unto the Death of King James.
By Sir R. Baker, Knight.

Containing all passages of state and church, with all other observations proper for a chronicle.
This Third Edition includes content on the Reign of King Charles I, with a continuation of the chronicle to the end of the year 1708. Contains a full narrative of the affairs of England, Scotland and Ireland, more especially relating unto the transactions of Charles on January 1st 1650.

Published in London, 1660.

 Baker, Richard, Sir, 1568-1645
A geometrical Practise, named Pantometria, diuided into three bookes, longimetra, planimetra, and stereometria, containing rules manifolde for mensuration of all lines, superficies and solides: with sundry straunge conclusions both by instrument and without, and also by perspectiue glasses, to set forth the true description or exact plat of an whole region: framed by Leonard Digges gentleman, lately finished by Thomas Digges his sonne. Who hathe also thereunto adioyned a mathematicall treatise of the fiue regulare Platonicall bodies, and their Metamorphosis or transformation into fiue other equilater vniforme solides Geometricall, of his owne inuention, hitherto not mentioned of by any geometricians.
GB 2014 WS-01-BUS-PRS/1/12c · Item · 1571
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Illustration on title page is coloured.

 Digges, Leonard,