The general gauger [electronic resource] : or, the principles and practice of gauging beer, wine, an...
The general gauger [electronic resource] : or, the principles and practice of gauging beer, wine, and malt. Containing I. Decimal Arithmetick, the Extraction of the Square and Cube-Roots, and the Use of them, in the Way of Gauging. II. The Necessary Problems in Geometry relating to Gauging and Measuring. III. The Use of the Sliding-Rule in Measuring Timber, and other Surfaces and Solids. IV. The Theory and Practice of Gauging in all the Varieties, perform'd by Pen and Sliding-Rule. Each Proposicion being Wrought in Beer, Wine, and Malt. V. The Construction of the Table of Segments, and all the Varieties of Ullaging of Casks. VI. A Table of Areas in Malt-Bushels, &c. The Whole laid down more Methodically than any Performance of this Nature yet extant. By Mr. John Dougharty, Teacher of the Mathematicks at Worcester.
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London : printed for James Knapton, at the Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1719.
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1719.
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[12],240p. : ill. ; 12°.
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London : printed for James Knapton, at the Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1719.
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The third edition, corrected by the author.
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England
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1719.
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The general gauger [electronic resource] : or, the principles and practice of gauging beer, wine, and malt. Containing I. Decimal Arithmetick, the Extraction of the Square and Cube-Roots, and the Use of them, in the Way of Gauging. II. The Necessary Problems in Geometry relating to Gauging and Measuring. III. The Use of the Sliding-Rule in Measurin...
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Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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