The country gauger's vade mecum : containing decimal tables for the speedy gauging of small brewing vessels, either of a circular, elliptical or rectilineal base : and also for the gauging of cask in ale or wine measure, either full or part empty / by Richard Collins, supervisor of the duty of excise.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collins, Richard, Supervisor of the duty of excise in Bristol

Series:

Early English books online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liquors--Gaging and testing--Early works to 1800.

Liquors.

Liquors--Gaging and testing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (4 unnumbered pages, 104 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 23 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf) : illustrations

Edition:

The fifth edition, to which is added an appendix, containing several useful propositions performed arithmetically and instrumentally, with divers tables and the now method of gauging worts in small vessels, as also how to keep the stock book : in this edition is added some new propositions never printed before / written by the author of the appendix, Rich. Walker, gauger.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by W. Horton, for William Shrowsbery at the Sign of the Bible in Duck-Lane, 1688.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Includes decimal tables.

"An appendix to Mr. Collins his gauging ..." by R. Walker, gauger, has separate t.p. and pagination; continuous register.

Imperfect: stained with print show-through and loss of printing.

Reproduction of original in: Library of Congress.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2935:3) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

Wing (2nd edition), C5383A

Contains:

Walker, Richard. Appendix to Mr. Collins his gauging.

OCLC:

318209529

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.