A GEOMETRICAL PRACTICAL

TREATISE NAMED PANTOMETRIA,

Divided into three books: LONGIMETRA, PLANIMETRA, and

STEREOMETRIA. Containing manifold rules for the measurement of all Lines,

Surfaces, and Solids: with sundry strange conclusions, both by instrument and without,

and also by Glasses to set forth the true description or exact plot of a whole

region. First published by Thomas Digges, Esquire, and dedicated to the grave,

wise, and honorable Sir Nicholas Bacon, Knight, Lord Keeper of the Great

Seal of England. With a mathematical discourse of the five regular

Platonic solids, and their metamorphosis into other five com-

pound, rare geometrical bodies, containing at least one hun-

dred new theorems of his own in-

vention, never mentioned before

by any other geome-

trician.

LATELY REVIEWED BY THE AUTHOR

himself, and augmented with sundry additions, defini-

tions, problems, and rare theorems, to open the pas-

sage and prepare a way to the understanding

of his treatise of Martial Pyrotechnics

and great artillery, hereafter to

be published.

A woodcut illustration framed within a rectangular border, set against a background of a large circular or spherical structure. The illustration depicts a coastal scene used for surveying and triangulation. In the foreground, ships are on the sea, with geometrical lines of sight labeled with letters (A, B, C, G) connecting the ships and a fortified town on the right. In the upper left sky, a sun is depicted with a human face emitting rays. In the upper right sky, a flock of birds flies toward the coast. The scene illustrates the practical application of geometry to mapping and navigation.

AT LONDON

Printed by Abell Jeffes.

ANNO 1591.