Excerpt from Geodæsia, or the Art of Surveying and Measuring of Land Made Easy: Shewing, by Plain and Practical Rules, How to Survey, Protract, Cast Up, Reduce or Divide Any Piece of Land WhatsoeverMoreover, the Sounding the Entrance of a River or Harbour is a Matter of great I m port, not only to Seamen, but to all fuch as Seamen live by, I have therefore done my Endeavour to teach the young Artift how to do it, and draw a fair Draught thereof.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.