The gentleman's steward and tenants of manors instructed. Containing rational, easy, and familiar rules and tables for finding the value of estates of freehold, copyhold, or leasehold, as well on lives as for years absolute, &c. With an enquiry into the nature of the annual disbursements, precariousness of the tenure, and casualties, that estates are charged with, and how they are to be accounted for in the valuation. The tables being founded on Dr. Halley's hypothesis, and calculated by the method laid down by Abr. de Moivre / To which is added an appendix, containing the description and use of an instrument for discovering the number of feet contained in any timber-trees, by inspection only.

  • Richards, John, land surveyor.
Date:
1730
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The gentleman's steward and tenants of manors instructed. Containing rational, easy, and familiar rules and tables for finding the value of estates of freehold, copyhold, or leasehold, as well on lives as for years absolute, &c. With an enquiry into the nature of the annual disbursements, precariousness of the tenure, and casualties, that estates are charged with, and how they are to be accounted for in the valuation. The tables being founded on Dr. Halley's hypothesis, and calculated by the method laid down by Abr. de Moivre / To which is added an appendix, containing the description and use of an instrument for discovering the number of feet contained in any timber-trees, by inspection only. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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