THE HUNDRED WEIGHT FRACTION BOOK containing one hundred and twenty-five tables, which exhibit, at a single view, the precise value of each respective weight, from 1lb. to 3q. 27lb calculated from 2s. upward. To which are subjoined, comparative tables of long and short weights. In which have been added, tables of fish-oils, seed-oils, gallipoli or olive-oils, and spirits of turpentine, by John Gayner, lately a warehouse-clerk to the Coalbrookdale Company.

John Gayner, lately a warehouse-clerk to the Coalbrookdale Company.

Published by Baldwin, Cradock and Joy : Law and Whitaker ; Browne and Manchee, London & Bristol, 1817

About this Item

Title page undated, front cover label states the second edition, The British Library date the second edition to 1817 on this scarce book of weights and measures tables by John Gayner, formerly a warehouse clerk at the Coalbrookdale Company in Shropshire, bound in the original boards, measuring 7 inches by 6 inches approx., Some marking to covers, splits to paper covering on spine, internally old ownership name to top of title page, foxing to endpapers, page edges untrimmed else in good general condition A SCARCE PUBLICATION IN THE ORIGINAL BINDING.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE HUNDRED WEIGHT FRACTION BOOK containing one hundred and twenty-five tables, which exhibit, at a single view, the precise value of each respective weight, from 1lb. to 3q. 27lb calculated from 2s. upward. To which are subjoined, comparative tables of long and short weights. In which have been added, tables of fish-oils, seed-oils, gallipoli or olive-oils, and spirits of turpentine, by John Gayner, lately a warehouse-clerk to the Coalbrookdale Company.
• Publisher: Baldwin, Cradock and Joy : Law and Whitaker ; Browne and Manchee, London & Bristol
• Publication Date: 1817
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good