A guide for the practical gauger [electronic resource] : with a compendium of decimal arithmetick. S...
A guide for the practical gauger [electronic resource] : with a compendium of decimal arithmetick. Shewing briefly I. Many plain and easie ways how to gauge brewers tuns, coppers, backs, &c. also the mash-tun, either in whole, or gradually from inch to inch, with divers new tables for facilitating the work. II. The gauging of any wine, brandy, ale or oyl-cask, either in whole, or in part, with the construction and use of two tables of area's of circles, and Sybant Hantz his table of area's of segments of a circle. III. The mensuration of all manner of superficies, as board, glass, pavement, wainscot, tiling, floors, roofs, &c. also brick-work, timber and stone. Added as an appendix to the former work. Collected and published principally for the service of the farmers of his Majesties revenue of excise. By William Hunt, student in the mathematicks.
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London : printed by John Darby, for Nath. Ponder, at the sign of the Peacock in Chancery-Lane, 1673.
Alternative title
Table of logarithm numbers.
Tables for the speedy gauging of brewers tuns and casks.
Date
1673.
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English
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[24], 358, [2]; [2], 29, [1]; [64] p. : ill. (woodcuts)
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London : printed by John Darby, for Nath. Ponder, at the sign of the Peacock in Chancery-Lane, 1673.
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England
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1673.
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A guide for the practical gauger [electronic resource] : with a compendium of decimal arithmetick. Shewing briefly I. Many plain and easie ways how to gauge brewers tuns, coppers, backs, &c. also the mash-tun, either in whole, or gradually from inch to inch, with divers new tables for facilitating the work. II. The gauging of any wine, brandy, ale...
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"Tables for the speedy gauging of brewers tuns and casks" has separate dated title page; pagination and register are continuous. "An appendix to the Guide for the practical gauger" and "A table of logarithm numbers" each have separate dated title page, pagination, and register.
Reproduction of original in the Folger Shakespeare Library....
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Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) H3763A.
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/57.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2516:6)
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