Ms. vol. Of Surveying, Early 18th century

Made:
1701-1725

[Ms. vol.] Of Surveying. [Early 18th century. Chiefly re surveying and land use, with trigonometrical examples and exercises, it includes basic farming advice and advice re purchase and letting of land. There are references to 'Hop Ground' and Canterbury, and to 'Mortimer p.56', probably John Mortimer's 'The whole art of husbandry; or the way of managing and improving the land' (1st ed. 1707).Originally 15 loose leaves, they have been conserved (1981) and bound to form volume]

Details

Category:
Archive
Object Number:
1997-1850
Measurements:
: 330 x 275 mm
type:
manuscript volume
credit:
Myers, Winifred