Royal Gauger Gauging Made Perfectly by Leadbetter Charles (33 results)

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The royal gauger; or, gauging made perfectly easy, as practised by the officers of his Majesty's Revenue of Excise. In two parts. . illustrated with. Book.

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Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. The Royal Gauger; or, Gauging Made Perfectly Easy, as Practised by the Officers of his Majesty's Revenue of Excise. In two Parts. . Illustrated With. Book.

Condition: New. KlappentextThe 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, G.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book introduces readers to the practical use of the sliding rule, a tool that simplifies mathematical calculations essential to excise gauging operations. It covers a wide range of topics including notation of decimal fractions, reduction of decimal fractions, addition and subtraction of decimal fractions, multiplication and division of decimal fractions, and the single and double rule of three. The book discusses the history and development of the sliding rule, provides instructions on its use, and offers numerous real-world examples to illustrate its applications in the field. This book is a valuable resource for anyone involved in excise gauging or other fields where the sliding rule is used, and it provides a fascinating glimpse into the history of mathematical tools and techniques. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T133874 London : printed for J. and F. Rivington, T. Caslon, S. Crowder, T. Longman, B. Law [and 6 others in London], 1776. xviii,[2],493,[1]p.,plates ; 8°.

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Hardcover (Full Leather). Condition: Good. Seventh Edition. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". xx + 493pp. Text contains some pencil markings. Hinges cracked. Joints split. Both boards remain attached by binding thread. Some wear and creasing to spine, with slight loss to ends. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges foxed and browned. Covers marked and worn. Corners bumped. Illustrated, with numerous fold-outs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Mathematics; Reference. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 49805.

Condition: Good. Sixth edition, undated by c.1770 from contents. 'Augmented and improved by Samuel Clark.' Hardcover book . Full leather, with gilt short title on red panel to spine. xviii, 493pp. With 8 engraved folding plates, and two folded tables, all appear to be present. The detailed text includes the mathematics of gauging and assessing quantities, the range of products to be guaged as well as the laws, penalties and procedures to be used by excise officers. This copy has obviously been well used in the profession, with various pencil and ink notes in old hands to the endpapers and prelims, full of fascinating history on this subject, is in very worn condition. The front cover is detached (present) and the leather on the back cover is frayed. The pages are well held by the binding, however. Closed page edges are darkened, and many pages have browning, handling marks, spots and some stains. The folding plates have generally frayed or torn edges, browning and spotting, and one is loose (present). A Good study copy. Pictures available.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Seventh Edition. 8vo. 1776. 7th (and last) edition. 8 folding plates and 2 folding tables. 493pp. Some browning and foxing particularly to the margins with the edges of some folding plates browned and a little tatty. A few corner creases but overall a good copy. Original worn calf boards, recently sympathetically respined with brown morocco lable and raised bands.ESTC T133874 locating only 7 copies (1 uk only) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. 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: 474. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1750 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: 474.

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Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. Fifth edition. xvii, 474 [484] p. 8 fold-out illustrations, the first three coloured. Two fold-out vouchers. Numerous in-text tables. Binding repaired. Pencil and ink notes on endpapers. Damp stains affecting upper corners. Faint marginalia page 296. Small worm hole in bottom half of page affects second half of book but does not become large enough to affect text until about page 408 onwards. A "gauger" was an officer whose business it was to ascertain the contents of casks, mainly to assist in the prevention of illicit shipments of alcohol. The job of an exciseman, however, also involved checking shipments of soap, starch, candles, coffee, tea, chocolate, etc. and rules for these are also given. Special sections give advice on how to become an excise officer and "cask-Gauging" as practised in the Port of London. Judging by the book's thickness, there was a lot to learn.

Condition: ESTC T80378. 8vo. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. xviii + [ii] (specimen form and errata slip tipped in) + 509 pp. + [1] pp. publisher's advertisement. Bound in original full calf with gilt borders; spine rebacked, in compartments with recent paper label. A very good example with ownership inscriptions of Richard Lisle, Exeter, 1829 and Marshall, Carlisle, 1879. Stamp of T. Marshall and ink date 1879 at foot of title page and at end. Illustrated by a folding hand-coloured frontispiece and 6 large folding copperplate engravings one of which is hand-coloured and by two folding tables. Decorated by endpiece vignettes. A significant work on the practical application of mathematics, which pioneered the use of the slide rule for excise purpose. Illustrated with beautifully drawn folding plates, Part I of the book contains detailed mathematical information, including tables, calculations and formulae. Part II deals with how to become employed by the Excise, the duties of the officer and the conduct necessary to remain in employment. Charles Leadbetter (1681-1744) served with The Excise and became a well-known teacher and writer on mathematics and astronomy. It is an expanded sequel to an earlier work of 1684 'and rapidly became the best guide to the practice of gauging for the levying of excise duty across the broad spectrum of trades subject to tax' (DNB). A scarce and important book, which sets out in minute detail the methods and duties of the eighteenth century excise officer. KENT SMUGGLING KENT - SMUGGLING- EXCISE MATHEMATICS 18TH CENTURY KENT.