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Mathematical Treasures - John Eyre's The Exact Surveyor

Author(s): 
Frank J. Swetz and Victor J. Katz

John Eyer Title Page

 

This is the title page of John Eyre’s, The Exact Surveyor published in London in 1654. It describes procedures for the measurement of land, using the instruments of plane table, theodolite, and circumferentor.

 

John Eyer p. 154

 

Pages 154 and 155 of The Exact Surveyor discuss procedures for partitioning plots of land.

Index to Mathematical Treasures

Frank J. Swetz and Victor J. Katz, "Mathematical Treasures - John Eyre's The Exact Surveyor," Convergence (January 2011)

Convergence

Mathematical Treasures from the Smith and Plimpton Collections at Columbia University