The royal gauger; or, Gauging made perfectly easy, as it it 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. Also the established rules for finding the contents of all sorts of cisterns, coppers, backs, coolers, tuns, stills and casks, when full, or part empty: the examples being performed here both by the pen and sliding rule: and this not in ale, beer, wine, and malt only; but in made-wines, soap, starch, candles, hops, coffee, tea, chocolate, all sorts of leather, paper, &c. which have been very considerable branches of the revenue, as well as of every excise officer's duty for above forty years past, though yet never treated of by any author. With the officer's duty in the distillery, and glass-house: freed from the obscurities and errors of other writers. Part II. Shewing the necessary steps to be taken for ob

People / Organizations

• Charles Leadbetter (Author)

Imprint

London : Printed for E. Wicksteed, in Warwick Court, Newgate-street, 1755.

Publication year

1755

ESTC No.

T121651

Grub Street ID

172409

Description

xvii,[1],218,209-446,481-510p.,plates ; 8°.

Note

An additional gathering [O]1-5, numbered [209]-[218], has been inserted after p.208

The text is continuous, despite pagination.