Mellificium mensionis: or, The marrow of measuring
Subtitle: wherein a new and ready way is shewn how to measure glazing, painting, plastering, masonry, joyners, carpenters and brick-layers works. As also the measuring of land and all other snperficies [sic] and solids, by vulgar arithmetick, without reducing the integers into the least denomination; giving the content of any superficies or solid, consisting of feet, inches, and parts of inches, in a fourth part of the time and labour required by the usal [sic] way in vulgar arithmetick. Together with some choice principles and problems of geometry conducing thereto. The whole treatise being comprized in six books, and illustrated with copper cuts. An account whereof is given in the Epistle to the reader; the like not heretofore published
By: By Venterus Mandey
Contributors: Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679
Edition: The second edition corrected.
Series: Early English books online
Publisher: Printed: sold by Samuel Clark in George-yard in Lumbard-Street, bookseller
Published: 1698
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
Subjects: Measurement; Early works to 1800; Geometry
Other titles: Marrow of measuring; Rudiments of geometry.; Garden of geometrical roses, or, Some propositions being hitherto hid are now made known.; Some principles and problems in geometry thought formerly desperate now briefly explained and demonstrated.; Measuring of glazing, painting, plaistering, masonry, joynery, carpenters and bricklayers works by vulgar arithmetick without reducing the integers into the least denomination.; Measuring of superficial plains by Vulgar Arithmetick without reducing the integers into the least denomination together with directions for the measuring of land.; Measuring of solids.
Notes: Title within double line border.

Each of six books, except the first, have special t.p.

Wing (2nd ed.), M420C
Table of contents: title: Rudiments of geometry; title: A garden of geometrical roses, or, Some propositions being hitherto hid are now made known / written in Latin by Thomas Hobbes and now translated into English by Ven. Mandey; title: Some principles and problems in geometry thought formerly desperate now briefly explained and demonstrated / written in Latin by Thomas Hobbes and now translated into English by Ven. Mandey; title: Measuring of glazing, painting, plaistering, masonry, [double bracket] joynery, carpenters and bricklayers works by Vulgar Arithmetick without reducing the integers into the least denomination / by Ven. Mandey; title: Measuring of superficial plains by vulgar arithmetick without reducing the integers into the least denomination together with directions for the measuring of land / by Ven. Mandey; title: Measuring of solids / by Ven. Mandey.