A TREATISE ON PRACTICAL MENSURATION, In Eight Parts; Containing The most approved Methods of drawing Geometrical Figures; Mensuration of Superficies; Land Surveying; Mensuration of Solids; the Use of the Carpenter s Rule; Timber Measure, in which is shewn the Method of measuring and valuing standing Timber; .

Nesbit, A.

Published by B. Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown, 1816

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1st Ed. Thick 12mo. xx + 427pp. + [i]. 6pp. of diagrams. Browning, rebound in modern leather backed marbled boards, gilt lettered label to spine. The essential 19th-century mathematical practice used by excise officers and brewers to calculate the volume of liquids inside irregular containers like barrels, vats, and mashing tuns.From the Library of P. A. Martin a noted researcher historically associated with the Process Research Department at Allied Breweries (Production) Limited located on Station Street in Burton-on-Trent. He is well-known in brewing science and microbiology literature for his work during the 1970s and 1980s regarding yeast flocculation, finings, and the vitamin nutrition and status of Zymomonas species. US$260.

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• Title: A TREATISE ON PRACTICAL MENSURATION, In Eight Parts; Containing The most approved Methods of drawing Geometrical Figures; Mensuration of Superficies; Land Surveying; Mensuration of Solids; the Use of the Carpenter s Rule; Timber Measure, in which is shewn the Method of measuring and valuing standing Timber; .
• Publisher: B. Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown
• Publication Date: 1816
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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