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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    [ ”0 ] about but the Price, and the Security for the Payment of the Money. How ufeful would it be now to both Par¬ ties, could they but know before-hand the Quantity of the Timber? For by this the Gentleman would be well inftruded to ac¬ cept of a juft and reafonable Offer when it was made to him, as to guard himfelf againft the wilful Impofitions of knavifh, and the as prejudicial Miftakes of ignorant Chapmen. The greateft Pretenders to nice gueffing in thefe Cafes, have doubtlefs found themfelves very wide from Truth, efpecially in large Timber; and therefore they'll be fure to keep within Compafs, as they call it j that is, they will be fure, if they do agree, to make fuch a Bargain as they may get by; and one of the Parties hath as much Reafon as the other to be thus cautious; by which Rule no Bar¬ gain can be made, unlels one of the Parties at leaft be deceiv'd in his Judgment; for 'tis next to impoffible that ever the Buyer or Seller Ihould hit right by this random Guelk It often happens, that thro' this Difference in Judgment no Agreement can be made; whereas if both Parties knew the Quantity of Timber, the Price would perhaps be cafily accommodated betwixt them. But the com¬ monly known Methods of mcafuring wUl by no means difeover the Quantity of Timber, unlels the Length and Girt of the Trees be hrlt meafured with a Rule and Line; and ibme People are fo obftinately wedded to their own