Leonard Digges
c.1515 – ca. 1559
A well-known English mathematician and surveyor, credited with the invention of the theodolite, and a great populariser of science through his writings in English on surveying, cartography, and military engineering (<a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Digges_(scientist)>Wikipedia</a>).
Books
- A Geometrical practise
- A prognostication everlasting 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 ever, of plentie, lacke, sicknes, dearth, warres, &c. opening also many naturall causes worthie to be knowne ...
- A prognostication everlastinge of righte goode effecte, fruictfully augmented by the auctour, contayning plain, briefe, pleasaunte, chosen rules to iudge the weather by the sunne, moone, starres, comets, rainebow, thunder, cloudes, with other extraordinarye tokens, not omitting the aspects of planets, with a briefe iudgement for ever, of plenty, lacke, sickenes, dearth, warres etc., opening also many naturall causes worthy to bee knowen ...
- A prognostication everlasting of ryght good effecte, frutefully augmented by thauthor, c¿teyning playne, brief, pleasant, chos♯ rules to iudge the weather, by the sunne, moone, sterres, cometes, raynbowe, thunder, cloudes, with other extraordinarie tokens, not omitting the aspectes of planetes, with a briefe iudgement for ever of plentie, lacke, sickenes, death, warres, etc. opening also many natural causes woorthy to be knowen ...
- A Prognostication euerlasting of right good effect
- [Al]manacke and progno[stication] ... D. Lvi. faythefully collected, yea, mon structefully ...
- [A b]ooke named tectonicon, briefly shewing the exact measuring and spe[d]ie reckoning all maner of land, squares, timber, stone, steeples, pillers, globes, &c
- An arithmeticall vvarlike treatise named Stratioticos
- Tectonicon
- A geometrical practical treatise named pantometria..
- An arithmeticall militare treatise, named Stratioticos
- A prognostication everlastinge
- Stratioticos
- A geometrical practise named pantometria
- A booke named Tectonicon; briefly shewing the exact measuring
- A booke named Tectonicon
- Tectonicon, or, The art of measuring of land, squares, timber, stones, pillers, globes, boards and glass, with the carpenters rule, geometrical quadrant, and two useful tables
- A booke named tectonicon
- A boke named tectonicon
- A prognostication euerlasting of ryght good effecte
- An arithmetical vvarlike treatise named Stratioticos
- A boke named tectonicon
- A prognostication euerlastinge of right good effect fruitfully augmented by the auctor, contayning plaine, briefe, pleasaũt, chosen rules to iudge the weather by the Sunne, Moone, starres, comets, rainebow, thunder, cloudes
- A prognostication of right good effect
- A booke named Tectonicon, brieflie shewing the exact measuring, and speedie reckoning all manner of land, squares, timber, stone, steeples, pillers, globes, etc. ..
- A geometrical practical treatize named Pantometria
- A Prognostication Everlasting of Ryght Goode Effecte Fructfully Augmented, Contayninge Plaine, Briefe Pleasant Chosen Rules to Judge Weather...Etc
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