The concise practical measurer: or, a plain guide to gentlemen and builders. Describing the certain true methods of measuring and computing the value of the several performances of bricklayers, carpenters, Joyners, Plaisterers, Masons, Painters, Plumbers, Glaziers, and Paviors. The Growth, Nature and Use of Timber, viz. Of the Oak, Elm, Ash, Beech, Walnut-Tree, Poplar, Alder-Tree, Fir, Norway-Oak, Horn-Beam, Lime, Box, Hazell, and Maple. Also, The Form of a Bricklayer's and Carpenter's Bill of Measurement; the Manner of Digging Foundations, and the Method of Valuing Ground and Houses. The second edition. By Tho. Miles, Surveyor.
- Miles, Tho. (Thomas).
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- [1740]
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Publication/Creation
London : printed for C. Ward and R. Chandler, at the Ship without Temple Bar; and at their shops in Coney-Street, York, and at Scarborough Spaw, [1740]
Physical description
[2],ii,96p.,table ; 120.
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References note
ESTC T102297
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.