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Dowsing' S Timber Merchant's Companion. 



THE TIMBER MERCHANT'S AND BUILDER'S COM- 

 PANION ; containing New and Copious Tables of the Reduced 

 "Weight and Measurement of Deals and Battens, of all sizes, from 

 One to a Thousand Pieces, and the relative Price that each size 

 bears per Lineal Foot to any given Price per Petersburgh Standard 

 Hundred ; the Price per Cube Foot of Square Timber to any given 

 Price per Load of 50 Feet ; the proportionate Value of Deals and 

 Battens by the Standard, to Square Timber by the Load of 50 Feet ; 

 the readiest mode of ascertaining the Price of Scantling per Lineal 

 Foot of any size, to any given Figure per Cube Foot. Also a 

 variety of other valuable information. By Wtlliam Dowsing, 

 Timber Merchant. Third Edition, Revised and Corrected. Crown 

 8vo, y. cloth. 



"Everything is as concise and clear as it can possibly be made. There can be no 

 doubt that every timber merchant and builder ought to possess it." — Hull Advertiser. 



Timber Freight Book, 



THE TIMBER IMPORTERS' AND SHIPOWNERS' 

 FREIGHT BOOK : Being a Comprehensive Series of Tables for 

 the Use of Timber Importers, Captains of Ships, Shipbrokers, 

 Builders, and all Dealers in Wood whatsoever. By William 

 Richardson, Timber Broker. Crown 8vo, 6j-., cloth. 



Hortons Measitrer. 



THE COMPLETE MEASURER ; setting forth the Measure- 

 ment of Boards, Glass, &c., &c. ; Unequal-sided, Square-sided, 

 Octagonal-sided, Round Timber and Stone, and Standing Timber. 

 With just allowances for the bark in the respective species of 

 trees, and proper deductions for the waste in hewing the trees, 

 &c. ; also a Table showing the solidity of hewn or eight-sided 

 timber, or of any octagonal-sided column. Compiled for the 

 accommodation of Timber-growers, Merchants, and Surveyors, 

 Stonemasons, Architects, and others. By Richard Horton. 

 Third edition, with considerable and valuable additions, i2mo, 

 strongly bound in leather, '^s, 

 "Not only are the best methods of measurement shown, and in some instances 

 illustrated by means of woodcuts, but the erroneous systems pursued by dishonest 

 dealers are fully exposed The work must be considered to be a valuable addi- 

 tion to every gardener's library. — Garden. 



Superficial Measurement, 



THE TRADESMAN'S GUIDE TO SUPERFICIAL MEA- 

 SUREMENT. Tables calculated from i to 200 inches in length, 

 by I to 108 inches in breadth. For the use of Architects, Surveyors, 

 Engineers, Timber Merchants, Builders, &c. By James Haw- 

 kings. Fcp. 3^. 6/. cloth. 



Practical Timber Merchant, 



THE PRACTICAL TIMBER MERCHANT, being a Guide 

 for the use of Building Contractors, Surveyors, Builders, &c., 

 comprising useful Tables for all purposes connected with the 

 Timber Trade, Marks of Wood, Essay on the Strength of Timber, 

 Remarks on the Growth of Timber, &c. By W. RiCHARDSON. 

 Fcap. 8vo, is. 6d., cloth. 



