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Gibson. A TREATISE OF PRACTICAL SURVEYING... 1785.

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Gibson. A TREATISE OF PRACTICAL SURVEYING... 1785.
[American Imprints/Surveying]. Robert Gibson. A TREATISE OF PRACTICAL SURVEYING... With Alterations and Amendments, adapted to the Use of American Surveyors. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Joseph Crukshank, in Market-Street between Second and Third-Streets. M DCC LXXXV. [1785.] 1st American edition. The first 4 editions were published in Dublin beginning in 1739, despite ?The Fourth Edition? appearing on the title page above the author?s name. At the time of publication, books on surveying were in great demand. Gibson?s work remained the most commonly used text on surveying in the United States for half a century. Appended with: TABLES OF DIFFERENCE OF LATITUDE AND DEPARTURE..., Philadelphia: Printed, and Sold by Joseph Crukshank? 1785. viii, (text) 272; (Tables of Difference) [1], I-89pp. Evans 19026. Sabin 27322. ESTC W28361.