1837 Hoppus's Tables for Measuring or Practical Measuring Made Easy

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Folding Plates, Leather Binding

Bound in diced leather with gilt decoration to the spine. With Alexander Davis' ink signature on the front pastedown. Edward Hoppus (d. 1739), was a surveyor for the London Assurance Corporation and is best known for his book Practical Measuring, first published in 1736. This was a manual for building surveyors that was in print until the mid-twentieth century, when it was made obsolete by metrication. Hoppus introduced the 'hoppus' cubic foot in the manual. This was the standard volume measurement used for timber in the British Empire and countries in the British sphere of influence before the introduction of metric units. It is still used in the hardwood trade of some countries.