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Dialling made easy: or, Tables calculated for the latitude of Oxford, : (but will serve without sensible difference for most parts of England.) By the help of which, and a line of chords, the hour-lines may quickly and exactly be described upon most sorts of useful dials. With some brief directions for making two sorts of spot-dials

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1692.
Call number: 439986
Creator: Edwards, Thomas(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 8vo
Associated organization: Bridgewater House Library,
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