Practical Measuring Made Easy Meanest by Hoppus Edward (13 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Hardback, contemporary calf, black morocco label to spine. 21cm x 8.5cm. lxix, 270pp. Contains half-title, with attestations on verso, title page, folding frontispiece and preface. A new edition revised by T. Crosby. Binding is slightly rubbed and worn, with cracking to outer joints, small loss to head of spine. Repaired tear to front free end-paper. A decent copy. (r34).

Condition: Good. 1833. New Edition. 216 pages. Fully bound in brown leather with gilt. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout, heavier at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Appears tightly rebound at gutters. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Peeling and loss to leather elements. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

xl, 205pp, many tables on tabbed pages, fold-out plate at front. 18x8, decorative green calf binding, Edges worn and rubbed, some surface loss on spine, binding cracking and some ancient tape repairs to the tabs, owner's name in ink on ffep. Hoppus was an early English surveyor who developed many techniques and skills for more accurate estimating of quantities required. His proposed unit "the Hoppus Cubic Foot" for estimating how much raw timber would be required for a specific volume of finished timber after processing and wastage, and was used in forestry until metrication (it was roughly 21% larger than a 'normal' cubic foot.There appear to be two John Smith versions, one from 1848 and one from 1861, each with identical pagination(WorldCat). There is no indication that this is a second impression or edition, so it assumed that it is the earlier version.

Gebunden. Condition: New.

Brown hardback leather cover. Condition: Good. New sterotype edition. G: in Good condition. Covers rubbed with some wear to corners and spine ends. Previous owner's ink name to front paste down. 180mm x 75mm (7" x 3"). 212pp. With folding engraved frontispiece.

21st edition. Poor copy in the original full aniline calf. Spine worn; spine bands and panel edges rubbed and bumped as with age. Boards worn. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 226 pp. : frontispiece ; 9 x 22 cm. Subjects; Measurement. 1 Kg.

Narrow 8vo. xxxvi, 212 pp. b/w folding frontispiece and line ill. "Solid content of any piece of timber. superficial content of boards. with a preface showing the excellence of this new method of measuring; and some curious observations concerning measuring of timber by several dimensions." Later edition of a book that had been in print for at least 100 years, testifying to its usefulness to carpenters, shipwrights, and the like. Folding frontispiece engraving showing timber and measurements is clean and intact. Text clean. Bound in original mottled calf.

21st edition. Poor copy in the original full aniline calf. Spine worn; spine bands and panel edges rubbed and bumped as with age. Boards worn. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 226 pp. : frontispiece ; 9 x 22 cm. Subjects; Measurement. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 5th or later Edition. A well-used but still firmly bound copy of the sixth edition of this inter-generational pocket book.Free endpapers lost, various scribbled calculations on half-title and fixed endpapers. Lxxxvi + 204 pages (195-198 escaped sewing), one folding plate of timber measurement.Marginal tears to leaves187/8 and 203/4 Overall dimensions approx 200x90mm. Apparently first published only 25 years earlier in 1736 or soon after under its mature title but this copy is already the sixth edition.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 240. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1738 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 240.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. pp. lxxvi, 204. The folding plate is partially present. Tall pocket handbook. 210 x 9 mm. Original full leather binding, rubbed. EARLY MANUSCRIPT OWNERSHIPS: "William Haskell, Jun. Lynn (MA), July 1806, his Book"; "Henry A. Breed(?) & Co. August 8, 1826; and a printed ownership plate for C.J.H. Woodbury, a Lynn, MA. Woodbury (1851-1915) was a Lynn industrialist and historian. Quick transcription of the full title: PRACTICAL MEASURING MADE EASY TO THE MEANEST CAPACITY BY A NEW SET OF TABLES: Which shew at sight, The solid or superficial content (and consequently the value) of any piece or quantity of squared orround timber, be it standing or felled, also of stone, board, glass, &c. made use of in the erecting or repairing of any building, &c. Cintrived to answer all the occations of gentlemen and artificers, far beyond any thing yet extant: the contents being given in feet, inches and twelfth parts of an inch. With apreface, shewing the excellence of this new method of measuring, and demonstrating, that whoever ventures to rely upon those obsolete tables and directions published by Isaac Keay, is liable to be deceived (in common cases) 10s. in the pound [.] Greatly improved by the following additions, I. new tables shewing at sight the value of any piece or quantity of timber, stone, &c. at any price per foot cube. II. Mr. Hoppus's table of solid measure applied to the freighting of ships. III. Some very curious observations concerning the measuring of timber by several dimensions, communicated by one of his Majesty's Purveyors. Note too that this 1803 edition includes an advertisement for a new edition of the 'Plate Glass Book.' First published in 1736, Mr. Hoppus's Measurer was the standard handbook for the English (and American) lumber trades. Consulted regularly by foresters, builders and carpenters. Includes: examples of practical measuring; measurement tables for timber; guides to weights and prices for nails, hardware and various tools; etc. Indeed, the hoppus cubic foot (or `hoppus cube' or `h cu ft') was the standard volume measurement used for timber in the British Empire and countries in the British sphere of influence before the introduction of metric units. It is still used in the hardwood trade of some countries. His method of volume measurement was developed to estimate what volume of a round log would be usable timber after processing, in effect attempting to `square' the log and allow for waste. The hoppus ton (HT) was also a traditionally used unit of volume in British forestry. One hoppus ton is equal to 50 hoppus feet or 1.8027 cubic metres. Some shipments of tropical hardwoods, especially shipments of teak from Myanmar (Burma), are still stated in hoppus tons. A great artifact from a mighty trade in a once mighty empire. with early American ownerships. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NEW ENGLAND Box 6 Language: eng.