The Merchant and Seaman's Expeditious Measurer; Containing a Set of Tables, which show at one view, the Solid Contents of All Kinds of Packages and Cases ... also, Rules for Determining the Contents of all Sorts of Casks, in Wine and Beer Measure

[4]. 196 pp. Narrow agenda 8vo, New York: E. & G.W. Blunt, 1856. 'stereotype Edition, corrected". Contemporary calf, boards neatly rehinged. Some superficial rubbing. Very good.

By the important New York publisher of the American Coast Pilot and many other sea manuals, including this very nice example of his Tables for computing Tonnage. Blunt's "Measurer[ became the standard American manual, and went through severak editions since the first of 1825. Interestingly, Blunt's book ends with a discussion of calculating volumes of casks of wine and beer

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