New and correct tables, [electronic resource] : shewing, both in Scots and sterling money, the price of any quantity of grain, &c. from one lippy, or one fourth part of a peck, to a thousand bolls, at all the various prices, from L. 3 Scots or 5 s. Sterling to L. 18 Scots or 30 s. Sterling, each table advancing by 1 s. Scots or 1 d. Sterling per boll; and also at L. 3: 3: 4, L. 3: 6: 8, L. 3. 13s. 4d. and L. 3: 16: 8, up to L. 18 Scots per boll, and from 4 1/2 to 27 merks, (the prices at which grain is sold in Scotland): the whole consisting of 361 different tables. With Rules and Examples to make them answer for calculating the price of all sorts of goods sold by Number, Weight, or Measure. By John Thomson Writer in Edinburgh. Together with, A Table reducing English Libels and quarters to the Edinburgh standards or Linlithgow measure; and, A comparison of the weights and measures of Scotland with those of England, as regulated by the statutes of both kingdoms now in force. Very useful for Noblemen and Gentlemen, and their Stewards or Factors; for Farmers, Brewers, and Bakers; and for Merchants and Shopkeepers.
1761
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New and correct tables, [electronic resource] : shewing, both in Scots and sterling money, the price of any quantity of grain, &c. from one lippy, or one fourth part of a peck, to a thousand bolls, at all the various prices, from L. 3 Scots or 5 s. Sterling to L. 18 Scots or 30 s. Sterling, each table advancing by 1 s. Scots or 1 d. Sterling per boll; and also at L. 3: 3: 4, L. 3: 6: 8, L. 3. 13s. 4d. and L. 3: 16: 8, up to L. 18 Scots per boll, and from 4 1/2 to 27 merks, (the prices at which grain is sold in Scotland): the whole consisting of 361 different tables. With Rules and Examples to make them answer for calculating the price of all sorts of goods sold by Number, Weight, or Measure. By John Thomson Writer in Edinburgh. Together with, A Table reducing English Libels and quarters to the Edinburgh standards or Linlithgow measure; and, A comparison of the weights and measures of Scotland with those of England, as regulated by the statutes of both kingdoms now in force. Very useful for Noblemen and Gentlemen, and their Stewards or Factors; for Farmers, Brewers, and Bakers; and for Merchants and Shopkeepers.
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Thomson, John, 1733?-1807.
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Edinburgh : printed by Sands, Murray, and Cochran. For A. Kincaid and J. Bell, MDCCLXI. [1761]
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Great Britain -- Scotland -- Edinburgh.
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English
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viii,364p. ; 12⁰.
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Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T98106.
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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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