Every man his own gauger : wherein not only the artist is shown a more ready and exact method of gauging than any hitherto extant. But the most ignorant, who can but read English, and tell twenty in figures, is taught to find the content of any sort of cask or vessel, ... and to know if they be right siz'd. Also what a pipe, hogshead, &c. amounts to at the common rate and measure they buy or sell at. With several useful tables to know the content of any vessel by. Likewise a table shewing the price of any commodity, ... To which is added, the art of brewing beer, ale, mum; of fining, preserving and botling brew'd liquors, of making the most common physical ales now in use, of making several fine English wines. The vintners art of fining, curing preserving and rectifying all sorts of wines, ... Together with the compleat coffee-man, teaching how to make coffee, tea, chocolate, ... Of great use for common brewers, victuallers, ... and all other traders. By J. Lightbody. philomath.
1695
Formats
| Format | |
|---|---|
| BibTeX | |
| MARCXML | |
| TextMARC | |
| MARC | |
| DublinCore | |
| EndNote | |
| NLM | |
| RefWorks | |
| RIS |
Items
Details
Title
Every man his own gauger : wherein not only the artist is shown a more ready and exact method of gauging than any hitherto extant. But the most ignorant, who can but read English, and tell twenty in figures, is taught to find the content of any sort of cask or vessel, ... and to know if they be right siz'd. Also what a pipe, hogshead, &c. amounts to at the common rate and measure they buy or sell at. With several useful tables to know the content of any vessel by. Likewise a table shewing the price of any commodity, ... To which is added, the art of brewing beer, ale, mum; of fining, preserving and botling brew'd liquors, of making the most common physical ales now in use, of making several fine English wines. The vintners art of fining, curing preserving and rectifying all sorts of wines, ... Together with the compleat coffee-man, teaching how to make coffee, tea, chocolate, ... Of great use for common brewers, victuallers, ... and all other traders. By J. Lightbody. philomath.
Created/published
London : Printed for G.C. at the Ring in Little-Brittain, price 1s, [1695]
Description
[4], 68 p. : tables ; (12mo)
Associated name
Note
Date of publication from Wing.
Signatures: [A]² B-F⁶ G⁴.
Signatures: [A]² B-F⁶ G⁴.
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo.
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), L2048
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R14879
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R14879
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
150- 428.4q
Folger-specific note
With: Tyron, Thomas, The way to save wealth, London, [1695?] (Wing W1172) and three other works; 150-428.5q, A new book of knowledge London 1697 (Wing N585), is misbound between [A]2 and B1 of this work. Manuscript numbered "No 84" on front free end-paper. Wormed, affecting text. Provenance: inscription on front free end-paper: "James Burdge [June ?] 1717"
Call number
167- 886q
Folger-specific note
Trimmed, affecting text at margins. Provenance: purchased by Folger from R.D. Gurney, Cat. 20:359, 16 June 1958