Practical measuring made easy to the meanest capacity by a new set of tables : Which shew at sight, the solid or superficial content (and consequently the value) of any piece or quantity of squared or round timber, be it standing or felled, also of stone, board, glass, &c. made use of in the erecting or repairing of any building, &c. : contrived to answer all the occasions of gentlemen and artificers, far beyond any thing yet extant: the contents being given in feet, inches, and twelth parts of an inch : with a preface, shewing the excellence of this new method of measuring, and demonstrating, that whoever ventures to rely upon those obsolete tables and directions published by Isaac Keay, is liable to be deceived (in common cases) 10s. in the pound
1784
L2010F190 1784
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Title
Practical measuring made easy to the meanest capacity by a new set of tables : Which shew at sight, the solid or superficial content (and consequently the value) of any piece or quantity of squared or round timber, be it standing or felled, also of stone, board, glass, &c. made use of in the erecting or repairing of any building, &c. : contrived to answer all the occasions of gentlemen and artificers, far beyond any thing yet extant: the contents being given in feet, inches, and twelth parts of an inch : with a preface, shewing the excellence of this new method of measuring, and demonstrating, that whoever ventures to rely upon those obsolete tables and directions published by Isaac Keay, is liable to be deceived (in common cases) 10s. in the pound
Variant Title
Mr. Hoppus's measurer
Edition
The eleventh edition. greatly improved by the following aditions. I. New tables shewing at sight the value of any piece or quantity of timber, stone, &c. at any price per foot cube. II. Mr. Hoppus's table of solid measure applied to the freighting of ships. III. Some very curious observations concerning the measuring of timber by several dimensions, communicated by one of His Majesty's purveyors.
Published
London : Printed, by assignment from the trustees of E. Wicksteed, for I. F. and C. Rivington ... [12 others], 1784.
Description
lxxvi, 204 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., tables ; 21 x 9 cm. (8vo)
Call Number
L2010F190 1784
System Control No.
(OCoLC)11436286
Note
Half title: Mr. Hoppus's measurer.
Signatures: a-i4 k2 A-2B4 2C2.
Horizontal chain lines.
First published in 1736, introduced the "Hoppus foot" & "Hoppus ton" which remained standard units of measurement for timber until the metric system in 1970s.
Publishers' advertisements: p. [iv].
Armorial bookplate with motto (Hazard Zit Forward)" Seton of Ekolsund.
Signatures: a-i4 k2 A-2B4 2C2.
Horizontal chain lines.
First published in 1736, introduced the "Hoppus foot" & "Hoppus ton" which remained standard units of measurement for timber until the metric system in 1970s.
Publishers' advertisements: p. [iv].
Armorial bookplate with motto (Hazard Zit Forward)" Seton of Ekolsund.
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