Robert Lettis Hooper, Jr. surveyor's manual, 1764.

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Robert Lettis Hooper, Jr. surveyor's manual, 1764.

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This collection contains a surveyor's manual compiled and written in 1764 by Robert Lettis Hooper, Jr., for his land surveying projects in western Pennsylvania at the time. Entitled The Surveyor's Assistant, the work is a single volume, and includes mathematical tables, axioms, and formulae for determining area, sines, as well as conversion tables for long measure, square measure and divisors. The result is a reliable aid to surveying land without having to resort to lengthy mathematical calculations. The manual also contains a table of contents for easy reference.

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New Jersey Historical Society Library

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Hooper, Robert Lettis, 1730?-1797

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Robert Hooper was a quartermaster during the Revolution, and served in amny other official and unofficial capacities in the Philadelphia area. From the description of Scrapbook, 1912. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122489213 Robert Lettis Hooper Jr., was contracted for making land surveys in the area surrounding Fort Pitt and was engaged in other projects throughout the region for the colonial government for several years. He later became Deputy Qu...