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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 timer, stone, &c. either square, round, or unequal-sides, and the value at any price per foot cube. Also, the superficial content of boards, glass, painting, plastering, &c. with copious explanations of the uses and applications of the tables. Contrived to answer all the occasions of gentlemen and Artificers, far beyond anything yet extant, the contents being given in feet, inches, Quarters, and Twelfth Parts of an Inch. With a preface, shewing the excellence of this new method of measuring; and some curious observations concerning measuring of timber by several dimensions.