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Digges, Leonard, Kingston, Felix Mathematics
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A prognostication euerlasting of right good effect, fruitfully augmented by the author, containing plaine, briefe, pleasant, chosen rules to iudge the weather by the sunne, moone, starres, comets, rainbow, thunder, clowdes, with other extraordinary tokens, not omitting the aspects of planets, with a briefe iudgement for euer, of plentie, lacke, sicknes, dearth, warres, &c. opening also many naturall causes worthie to be knowne. To these and other now at the last, are ioyned diuers generall, pleasant tables, with many compendious rules, easie to be had in memorie manifold wayes profitable to all men of vnderstanding. Published by Leonard Digges Gentleman. Lately corrected and augmented by Thomas Digges his sonne.

Digges, Leonard,

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.

Digges, Leonard,