The gauger's guide; or, excise-officer instructed. Containing, I. A copious and ample Treatise of Decimal Arithmetic, wherein are many Things not commonly known, and adapted to the Business of Gauging. II. The Extraction of the Square or Cube-Root of whole or mixt Numbers, and of Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, with the Demonstration and Reason of the mysterious Process. III. The grand and principal Foundation of Gauging; the Mensuration of Superficies and Solids, regular and irregular, after the best Manner, aggreable to the subsequent Matter. IV. As a farther Introduction to the Knowledge of Gauging, here are, 1. The Way to find Proportions of and Mean Proportions between Numbers Arithmetical and Geometrical. 2. Tables of Beer, Ale, Wine and Malt-Measure, with the solid Inches therein. 3. Of Gauge-Points, their Calculation and Use. 4. The Reduction of Measures from one to another, several Ways. 5. Tables of Beer, Ale and Wine-Measure in any Number of solid Inches. V. The whole Art of Gaug

People / Organizations

• Edward Hatton (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for D. Midwinter, at the Three Crowns in St. Paul's Church-Yard, M.DCC.XXIX. [1729]

Publication year

1729

ESTC No.

T110169

Grub Street ID

162733

Description

xi,[1],196p. ; 8°.