Biography

A well-known English mathematician and surveyor, credited with the invention of the theodolite, and a great populariser of science through his writings in English on surveying, cartography, and military engineering (<a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Digges_(scientist)>Wikipedia</a>).

Books by Leonard Digges

A Prognostication Everlasting
A Prognostication Everlasting of Ryght Goode Effecte Fructfully Augmented, Contayninge Plaine, Briefe Pleasant Chosen Rules to Judge Weather...Etc
1987
A prognostication everlastinge
A prognostication everlastinge
1975
Stratioticos
Stratioticos
1968
A prognostication of right goo
A prognostication of right good effect
1927
Tectonicon, or, The art of mea
Tectonicon, or, The art of measuring of land, squares, timber, stones, pillers, globes, boards and glass, with the carpenters rule, geometrical quadrant, and two useful tables
1692
Tectonicon
Tectonicon
1656
A booke named tectonicon
A booke named tectonicon
1626
A booke named Tectonicon, brieflie shewing the exact measuring, and speedie reckoning all manner of land, squares, timber, stone, steeples, pillers, globes, etc. ..
A booke named Tectonicon, brieflie shewing the exact measuring, and speedie reckoning all manner of land, squares, timber, stone, steeples, pillers, globes, etc. ..
1605
A prognostication everlasting
A prognostication everlasting of right good effect, fruitfully augmented by the author, containing plaine, briefe, pleasant, chosen rules to iudge the weather by the sunne, moone, starres, comets, rainbow, thunder, clowdes, with other extraordinary tokens, not omitting the aspects of planets, with a briefe iudgement for ever, of plentie, lacke, sicknes, dearth, warres, &c. opening also many naturall causes worthie to be knowne ...
1605
A booke named Tectonicon; brie
A booke named Tectonicon; briefly shewing the exact measuring
1600
A Prognostication euerlasting of right good effect
A Prognostication euerlasting of right good effect
1596
[A b]ooke named tectonicon, b
[A b]ooke named tectonicon, briefly shewing the exact measuring and spe[d]ie reckoning all maner of land, squares, timber, stone, steeples, pillers, globes, &c
1592
A geometrical practical treati
A geometrical practical treatise named pantometria..
1591
A geometrical practical treati
A geometrical practical treatize named Pantometria
1591
An arithmetical vvarlike treat
An arithmetical vvarlike treatise named Stratioticos
1590
An arithmeticall vvarlike trea
An arithmeticall vvarlike treatise named Stratioticos
1590
An arithmeticall militare trea
An arithmeticall militare treatise, named Stratioticos
1579
A prognostication everlastinge
A prognostication everlastinge of righte goode effecte, fruictfully augmented by the auctour, contayning plain, briefe, pleasaunte, chosen rules to iudge the weather by the sunne, moone, starres, comets, rainebow, thunder, cloudes, with other extraordinarye tokens, not omitting the aspects of planets, with a briefe iudgement for ever, of plenty, lacke, sickenes, dearth, warres etc., opening also many naturall causes worthy to bee knowen ...
1578
A prognostication euerlastinge
A prognostication euerlastinge of right good effect fruitfully augmented by the auctor, contayning plaine, briefe, pleasaũt, chosen rules to iudge the weather by the Sunne, Moone, starres, comets, rainebow, thunder, cloudes
1576
A Geometrical practise
A Geometrical practise
1571
A geometrical practise named p
A geometrical practise named pantometria
1571
A boke named tectonicon
A boke named tectonicon
1570
[Al]manacke and progno[sticati
[Al]manacke and progno[stication] ... D. Lvi. faythefully collected, yea, mon structefully ...
1556
A prognostication euerlasting
A prognostication euerlasting of ryght good effecte
1556
A prognostication everlasting
A prognostication everlasting of ryght good effecte, frutefully augmented by thauthor, c¿teyning playne, brief, pleasant, chos♯ rules to iudge the weather, by the sunne, moone, sterres, cometes, raynbowe, thunder, cloudes, with other extraordinarie tokens, not omitting the aspectes of planetes, with a briefe iudgement for ever of plentie, lacke, sickenes, death, warres, etc. opening also many natural causes woorthy to be knowen ...
1556