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DONN (BENJAMIN) The Geometrician: Containing Essays on Plane Geometry, and Trigonometry: with their Application... in Measuring Heights and Distances of Places, Surveying of Counties, Sea-Coasts, &c. The Second Edition, 3 parts in one vol.
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The Geometrician: Containing Essays on Plane Geometry, and Trigonometry: with their Application... in Measuring Heights and Distances of Places, Surveying of Counties, Sea-Coasts, &c. The Second Edition, 3 parts in one vol., 14 engraved folding plates, occasional light browning and dampstaining, contemporary tree calf gilt, red morocco spine label, rubbed, 8vo, J. Johnson, 1778
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A scarce work on geometry and trigonometry by the mathematician and cartographer Benjamin Donn, best known for his map of Devon. ESTC records only two copies of this edition, and four of the 1775 edition.





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