Dialling, Plain, Concave, Convex, Projective, Reflective, Refractive. Shewing, how to make all such dials, and to adorn them with all useful furniture relating to the course of the sun; performed arithmetically, geometrically, instrumentally and mechanically: and illustrated with sculptures, engraved in copper. Comprised in XIV distinct tractates, the contents whereof follow next after the preface to the reader. The second edition corrected, and two new tractates added... 1700
London: J. Matthews. Small folio second edition, preferred and expanded, of Leybourn's important, detailed, and beautifully illustrated work on dialing. Leybourn's treatise (which is actually 14 treatises within one) is an extensive discussion of the fabrication of dials for a wide variety of different instruments. At publication in 1700, this..... More