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 Felied, 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 Twelfth 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 comman Cases) 10s. in the Pound. /. By E. Hoppus, Surveyor to the Corporations of the London Assurance.
Hoppus, E. -1739. (Edward)
Category
Books
Date
1771
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3245079
Summary
Bibliographic description
The ninth edition. Greatly improved, ... lxxvi,204p.,fold.plate ;. long 8vo. Provenance: eighteenth-century inscription on front free endpaper: Davenport Talbot [i.e. William Davenport Talbot (1764-1800)]. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled sheep; spine with five raised bands and gilt fillets; remains of spine title label (illegible); gilt roll to edge of boards; red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Hoppus, E. -1739. (Edward)