Weights and measures - Early works to 1800
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The exact dealer refined being a useful companion for all traders. In three parts. Containing I. A Description of the Commodities, Coins, Weights and Measures of Great Britain, and its neighbouring Countries. With Useful Directions about Entring and Taking up Goods at the Custom house: Instructions about Bills of Exchange, and the Keeping of Books of Accompts. The way of Recovering Debts; likewise Exact Tables of Accompts ready cast up II. Containing a plain Institution of Arithmetick in all its Parts; with an excellent and easie new way of multiplying Foot-Measure in Feet and Inches, by Feet and Inches, without Reduction and applied to the Measuring of Carpenters Joyners, Painters, Plaisterers, Glasiers, and Bricklayers Work, &c. And of Solid Timber, &c Also the whole Art of Gauging, with several curious Tables. And very necessary Observations relating to the Measuring of Land. III. Containing the Travellers Guide through all the Principal Roads in England. An Account of Carriers Inns, and Days of going out. Also the Rates of Post-Letters. With other Matter not before made publick The fifth edition, enlarged. By J H. author of The secretary's guide.
Hill, John, fl. 1712.Date: [1702]- E-books
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The negociators's magazine Or, The most authentick account yet published, of the monies, weights, and measures, of the principal places of trade in the world. Also an account of the European exchanges in general; the customs of merchants relating thereto; and rules and examples to cast them up by; with the nature and use of simple and compound arbitrations; and an history of the English gold and silver coins, for near 500 years past. To which are added, curious calculations of great use in the West-India, Carolina, and New-England trades; and tables shewing the intrinsick value of any foreign gold or silver coin. All of great use of merchants and traders; and entirely necessary to those who would understand merchants accompts. The seventh edition, with many alternations, and great additions. By Richard Hayes, teacher of merchants accompts; late Princes-street near the Bank of England, now of Queen-street near Cheapside.
Hayes, Richard, accomptant and writing-master.Date: MDCCXL. [1740]- E-books
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The negociator's magazine Or, The most authentick account yet published of the monies, weights, and measures, of the principal places of trade in the world. Also an account of the European exchanges in general; the customs of merchants relating thereto; and rules and examples to cast them up by; with the nature and use of simple and compound arbitrations; and an history of the English gold and silver coins, for near 500 years past. To which are added, curious calculations of great use in the West-India, Carolina, and New-England trades, and tables shewing the intrinsick value of any foreign gold or silver coin. All of great use of merchants and traders; and entirely necessary to those who would understand merchants accompts. The sixth edition, with many alternations, and great additions. By Richard Hayes, teacher of merchants accompts; late of Princes-street near the Bank of England, now of Queen-street near Cheapside.
Hayes, Richard, accomptant and writing-master.Date: MDCCXL. [1740]- E-books
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Tables for silver , Containing: I. Thirty tables for old plate; each table shewing, at one view, the value of any quantity, from one pennyweight, to two hundred ounces, at one price; begining with two shillings and six-pence. II. Sixty-four tables for Spanish silver; each table shewing, at one view, the value of any quantity, from one pennyweight, to eleven hundred ounces, at one price; begining at five shillings, and ending at five shillings and eight-pence. III. Fifty-two tables for new plate, to ten shillings. Also a table of sixteenth's. In the first and third of these articles, the price rises by one-penny per ounce; in the second, by the eighth part of a penny; so that the whole work together, is one continued set of tables for all kind of silver, from two shillings and six-pence, to ten shillings. By Robert Stanton.
Stanton, Robert.Date: MDCCLV. [1755]- E-books
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A new set of tables of solid and superficial measure . In the most familiar method. Shewing at sight, the content of any piece of timber, plank, or board, &c. used in architect or naval work. The second edition. To which is added, practical examples in measuring of artificers work, relating to building. With the method of finding the content of unequal-sided timber. And also, to reduce mohogany or marble, &c. into superficial inch feet. By Ph. Levi Hodgson, measurer.
Hodgson, Ph. Levi.Date: MDCCLXIII. [1763]