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Use of a scale of fractions, invented by John Speidell.

Title:Use of a scale of fractions, invented by John Speidell.
Alternate title:A briefe treatise for the measuring of glasse, board, timber, or stone, square or round being performed only by simple addition and substraction, and that in whole numbers, with[o]ut any multiplication, or division at all / by John Speidell ...
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Note:London : Printed by Thomas Harper, 164[0?]
  
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Subject:Arithmetic -- To 1846
Subject:Fractions -- Early works to 1800
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