The royal gauger, or, Gauging made perfectly easy : as it is actually practised by the officers of His Majesty's revenue of excise : in two parts : Part I. Containing the practical methods of finding the areas and contents of such superficies and solids, as are the foundation of gauging ... Part II. Shewing all the necessary steps to be taken for obtaining employment in the excise ... to which is added, cask-gauging, &c. as practised in the port of London : the whole illustrated with many new copper-plates adapted to the subject ... / by Charles Leadbetter.
Edition:
The fifth edition / very much enl. and improved. From the valuable and authentic manuscripts of a collector; and of Mr. John Downer and Mr. Joseph Bosley, general surveyors of the London distillery, lately deceased.
Published / Created:
London : Printed (by assignment from the executors of Edward Wicksteed) for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, R. Baldwin, J. Richardson [and 7 others], 1760.
Physical Description:
xvii, [1], 474 [i.e. 484] p., 10 folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Great Britain. Customs Establishment. -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment. | Gaging. | Gagine -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Early works to 1800. | Geometry, Solid -- Early works to 1800. | Hitch, C. -- Publisher. | Wilson, John -- Provenance.