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The concise practical measurer or, a plain guide to gentlemen and builders. Describing the certain true methods of measuring and computing the value of the several performances of bricklayers, carpenters, Joyners, Plaisterers, Masons, Painters, Plumbers, Glaziers, and Paviors. The Growth, Nature and Use of Timber, viz. Of the Oak, Elm, Ash, Beech, Walnut-Tree, Poplar, Alder-Tree, Fir, Norway-Oak, Horn-Beam, Lime, Box, Hazell, and Maple. Also, The Form of a Bricklayer's and Carpenter's Bill of Measurement; the Manner of Digging Foundations, and the Method of Valuing Ground and Houses. The second edition. By Tho. Miles, Surveyor.

Title
The concise practical measurer [electronic resource] : or, a plain guide to gentlemen and builders. Describing the certain true methods of measuring and computing the value of the several performances of bricklayers, carpenters, Joyners, Plaisterers, Masons, Painters, Plumbers, Glaziers, and Paviors. The Growth, Nature and Use of Timber, viz. Of the Oak, Elm, Ash, Beech, Walnut-Tree, Poplar, Alder-Tree, Fir, Norway-Oak, Horn-Beam, Lime, Box, Hazell, and Maple. Also, The Form of a Bricklayer's and Carpenter's Bill of Measurement; the Manner of Digging Foundations, and the Method of Valuing Ground and Houses. The second edition. By Tho. Miles, Surveyor.
Author
Miles, Tho. (Thomas).
Publication
London : printed for C. Ward and R. Chandler, at the Ship without Temple Bar; and at their shops in Coney-Street, York, and at Scarborough Spaw, [1740]

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Description
[2],ii,96p.,table; 12⁰.
Subject
  • Timber
  • Building > Early works to 1800
  • Mensuration > Early works to 1800
Note
  • Price from imprint: price One Shilling and Sixpence bound.
  • Reproduction of original from British Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642245224
  • ECCO1-T102297
Author
Miles, Tho. (Thomas).
Title
The concise practical measurer [electronic resource] : or, a plain guide to gentlemen and builders. Describing the certain true methods of measuring and computing the value of the several performances of bricklayers, carpenters, Joyners, Plaisterers, Masons, Painters, Plumbers, Glaziers, and Paviors. The Growth, Nature and Use of Timber, viz. Of the Oak, Elm, Ash, Beech, Walnut-Tree, Poplar, Alder-Tree, Fir, Norway-Oak, Horn-Beam, Lime, Box, Hazell, and Maple. Also, The Form of a Bricklayer's and Carpenter's Bill of Measurement; the Manner of Digging Foundations, and the Method of Valuing Ground and Houses. The second edition. By Tho. Miles, Surveyor.
Imprint
London : printed for C. Ward and R. Chandler, at the Ship without Temple Bar; and at their shops in Coney-Street, York, and at Scarborough Spaw, [1740]
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, T102297.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
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