HOPPUS'S PRACTICAL MEASURER; or Measuring Made Easy to the Meanest Capacity By a New Set of Tables Which Shew at Sight the Solid Content of Any Piece of Timber, Stone &c. Also the Superficial Content of Boards, Glass, Painting, Plastering &c.

Published by John Smith, London, 1848

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Title continues "with copious explanations of the applications and uses of the tables.contents being given in feet, inches, quarters & twelfth parts of an inch. with PREFACE showing the excellence of this method of measuring, and some curious observations concerning measuring Timber by several Dimensions.additional New Tables, showing the Wight of Iron by th Measure." Complete with Frontispiece Fold-Out Drawings. Contemporary Black Full-Leather Binsing with Large Gilt Title on spine. All page edges Marbled (Combed Pattern). 205 Pages, 180g, 6 3/4" Tall. Slight edge wear. Front hinge cracked. Previous owner's penciled inscription on endpaper, dated 1848 and some penciled notes on rear endpapers. No other inscriptions, pages in very good, clean condition. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: HOPPUS'S PRACTICAL MEASURER; or Measuring Made Easy to the Meanest Capacity By a New Set of Tables Which Shew at Sight the Solid Content of Any Piece of Timber, Stone &c. Also the Superficial Content of Boards, Glass, Painting, Plastering &c.
• Publisher: John Smith, London
• Publication Date: 1848
• Binding: Full-Leather
• Condition: Near Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Technology
  • Antiquarian Books