The Complete Measurer: Setting Forth the Measurement of Boards, Glass, &C. &C.; Unequal-Sided, Square-Sided, Octagonal-Sided, Round Timber and Stone, and Standing Timber

Excerpt from The Complete Measurer: Setting Forth the Measurement of Boards, Glass, &C. &C.; Unequal-Sided, Square-Sided, Octagonal-Sided, Round Timber and Stone, and Standing TimberAgain - Nesbit, a mathematician of the present time, observes in his Treatise on Practical Mensuration Forty feet of round timber measured by the quarter-gin method are called a load, but when the content of timber is correctly found, fifty feet are accounted a load.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.