The merchant-Freighter's and captains of ships assistant. Being tables calculated with the greatest accuracy. Comprising the dimensions, however diversified, in length, breadth, or depth; together with the solid contents of all packages usually shipped; and likewise the Fifths, either on or off, of all Casks, Hogsheads, &c. Which, Without the least Calculation, may be found with the greatest Ease, Expedition, and Certainty. By James Boydell, ships-husband.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boydell, James, ships-husband

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geometry, Solid--Tables.

Geometry, Solid.

Weights and measures--Great Britain.

Weights and measures.

Freight and freightage.

Cargo handling.

Great Britain.

Cargo handling--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Freight and freightage--Great Britain--Tables.

Genre:

Tables.

Handbooks and manuals.

Tables (Data)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages,2 pages, 98 unnumbered pages ; 2⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for the author in: and to be had at Lloyd's, the New York, the New England, the Jamaica, and the Pensylvania coffee-houses; and of any bookseller in Great Britain, MDCCLXIV. [1764]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

With 98 pages of tables and an errata slip inserted after the introduction.

'To prevent impositions, every copy of this book is signed by the author's own hand'.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Graduate School of Business.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T85777.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.