@article{644690,
      recid = {644690},
      author = {Leadbetter, Charles,},
      title = {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 obtaining employment in  the excise, with authentic forms of such certificates,  petitions, oaths, &c. as are requisite for that  purpose. Together with such directions for the officer's  conduct as are necessary for ascertaining and securing the  duties, to which the respective traders are subject; and  very advantageous to those traders, who are desirous to  ascertain the amount of their respective duties, without  entirely depending upon the skill and integrity of the  King's officer. To which is added, cask-gauging, &c. as  practised in the port of London. The whole illustrated with  many new copper-plates adapted to the subject. The fourth  edition, very much enlarged and improved, for the benefit  of young officers, from the valuable and authentic  manuscripts of a collector; and of Mr. John Downer and Mr.  Joseph Bosley, general surveyors of the London distillery.  lately deceased, By Charles Leadbetter. Many years a gauger  in the Royal Revenue of Excise. [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Printed for E. Wicksteed, in Warwick Court,  Newgate-street,},
      address = {London :},
      pages = {xvii,[1],218,209-446,481-510p.,plates ;},
      year = {1755},
      note = {An additional gathering [O]1-5, numbered [209]-[218], has  been inserted after p.208.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/644690},
}