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The artificer's, farmer's, and inland-navigator's, assistant: : shewing, ... the most useful kinds of admeasurements at any length, breadth, or depth. Likewise an easy and practical method of leveling, surveying, &c

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1799.
Call number: 312492
Creator: Porter, Samuel(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (4to)
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