1845 Treatise on Surveying: Theory & Practice; Plane Trigonometry

Description: A Treatise on Surveying, Containing the Theory and Practice: To Which is Prefixed A Perspicuous System of Plane Trigonometry. The Whole Clearly Demonstrated and Illustrated by a Large Number of Appropriate Examples, Particularly Adapted to the Use of Schools. By John Gummere, A.M., Fellow of the American Philosophical Society, and Corresponding Member of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Fourteenth Edition, Carefully Revised, and Enlarged by the Addiction of Articles on the Theodolite, Levelling, and Topography. Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1845, 418 pp, 11 fold-out plates, 8.75 x 5.5", 8vo. In fair condition. Front board completely detached from binding. Rear board attached by cording only, fragile. Leather is beginning to wear and peel away at edges and corners, exposing boards. Leather spine, except for title label, completely lacking - binding exposed. Gilt lettering on label bright and clean. Previous ownership plate on front fly-leaf: Maurice Robert des Marais. Repair tape to gutter of front fly-leaf and title page. Light toning and foxing throughout text-block. Some instances of exposed cording throughout text-block. Binding attached, but very fragile. Please see photos. John Gummere (1784-1845) was an American astronomer and one of the founders of Haverford College in Pennsylvania. In 1814, Gummere was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society. Gummere built the first observatory around 1834 at Haverford College, commemorated by a plaque at the College, after the Strawbridge Observatory was erected in 1850. This is a complete work, and can be used for scholarly research or for resoration. FORN-MSB-0823-0738-HK503

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