The land steward's and farmer's assistant [electronic resource] : containing the most useful and correct tables for shewing the contents of any piece of land in Acres and Rods, from One Rod to One Hundred in Length, and from Two Feet to Twenty Rods in Breadth. With a Table For the Price of Labour or Crops, from Two Shillings and Sixpence to Twenty Pounds per Acre. To which is Added, The true Method of measuring a Field, and to take the Contents of the Crooks or Bonds. With a Table for the setting of an Acre or Acres of Ground, from One Rod to Eighty Rods in Length. Also, A Table for the Purchase of Leases, from One Year to One Hundred. With an easy Method for measuring of Trling or Thatching, and proper Tables for finding the Contents of the same at any Dimensions. With a Table for valuing the Work, from One Shilling to Thirty Shillings per Acre. The Whole laid down in so plain and easy a Method, as to suit all Persons who have the least Knowledge of Figures, and to prevent Disputes between the Employer and Workman. By Michael Searles, Land-Surveyor, of Greenwich in Kent; Author of the Surveyor's Assistant, and Inventor of the Universal Plane, Table.
1779
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The land steward's and farmer's assistant [electronic resource] : containing the most useful and correct tables for shewing the contents of any piece of land in Acres and Rods, from One Rod to One Hundred in Length, and from Two Feet to Twenty Rods in Breadth. With a Table For the Price of Labour or Crops, from Two Shillings and Sixpence to Twenty Pounds per Acre. To which is Added, The true Method of measuring a Field, and to take the Contents of the Crooks or Bonds. With a Table for the setting of an Acre or Acres of Ground, from One Rod to Eighty Rods in Length. Also, A Table for the Purchase of Leases, from One Year to One Hundred. With an easy Method for measuring of Trling or Thatching, and proper Tables for finding the Contents of the same at any Dimensions. With a Table for valuing the Work, from One Shilling to Thirty Shillings per Acre. The Whole laid down in so plain and easy a Method, as to suit all Persons who have the least Knowledge of Figures, and to prevent Disputes between the Employer and Workman. By Michael Searles, Land-Surveyor, of Greenwich in Kent; Author of the Surveyor's Assistant, and Inventor of the Universal Plane, Table.
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London : printed for the author, by F. Blyth, No. 2, Queen's-Head-Passage, Pater-Noster-Row, and sold by the booksellers in town and country, [1779]
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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72p. ; 8⁰.
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Price from imprint: price bound Three Shillings and Six-Pence.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T112367.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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