The victualler's friend: or, The use of a new-invented gauging-rod, contriv'd chiefly for the advantage of victuallers in and about London: Whereby they may not only discover the want of measure from the brewer (either in beer or ale) but likewise what quantity they want.
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The victualler's friend: or, The use of a new-invented gauging-rod, contriv'd chiefly for the advantage of victuallers in and about London: Whereby they may not only discover the want of measure from the brewer (either in beer or ale) but likewise what quantity they want.
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London :: printed for H Newman, at the Grashopper in the Poultry, and given gratis to those that buy the rod,
[1695?]
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Ale -- Taxation -- England
Beer -- Taxation -- England
Inventions -- England
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"The victualler's friend: or, The use of a new-invented gauging-rod, contriv'd chiefly for the advantage of victuallers in and about London: Whereby they may not only discover the want of measure from the brewer (either in beer or ale) but likewise what quantity they want." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A95912.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.
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descriptionPage 6
Another way to know if a Barrel be True, and how much it holds and wants of Drink.
PUt the Rod in at the Bong slaint-ways, till it touch the under-part of one of the Heads, and if the In-side of the Right-hand-part of the Mid∣dle of the Bong touch the Notch at D. the Barrel holds
descriptionPage 7
36 Gallons; and if it touch at any of the other Notches below D. for every Notch it wants a Gallon.
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