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Subject: Weights and measures

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Roberts, Lewes. The merchants mappe of commerce wherein, the universall manner and matter of trade, is compendiously handled. The standerd and currant coines of sundry princes, observed. The reall and imaginary coines of accompts and exchanges, expressed. The naturall and artificiall commodities of all countries for transportation declared. The weights and measures of all eminent cities and tovvnes of traffique, collected and reduced one into another; and all to the meridian of commerce practised in the famous citie of London. By Lewes Roberts, merchant. Necessary for all such as shall be imployed in the publique affaires of princes in forreigne parts; for all gentlemen and others that travell abroad for delight or pleasure, and for all merchants or their factors that exercise the art of merchandizing in any part of the habitable world

Creator
Roberts, Lewes, 1596-1640
Date
MDCXXXVIII. [1638]
Media Format
Printed text
Location
London England
Reference ID
FILM Acc. 626; For access, follow the Linked Resources hyperlink
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Early English books, 1475-1640
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Penkethman, John. Artachthos or A new booke declaring the assise or weight of bread not onely by troy weight, according to the law, but by avoirdupois weight the common weight of England at what price soever, not exceeding five pound the quarter of wheate, shall be sold in the market and conteining divers orders and articles made and set forth by the right honourable the Lords and others of his Majesties most honourable privie Councell, for the making and assising of all sorts of bread lawfull and vendible, within this realme ... whereunto is prefixed a briefe and plaine introduction to the art of numeration ... And lastly hereunto is added. A true relation or collection of the most remarkeable dearths and famines which have happened in England since the comming in of William the Conquerour, as also the rising and falling of the price of wheate and other graine, with the severall occasions thereof

Creator
Penkethman, John
Date
1638
Media Format
Printed text
Location
London England
Reference ID
FILM Acc. 626; For access, follow the Linked Resources hyperlink
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Early English books, 1475-1640
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Petri, Nicolaus. The pathway to knowledge Conteyning certaine briefe tables of English waights, and measures, with the proportions, kindes, and numbers belonging properly vnto the same. How to cast accompt with counters, and with pen, both in whole, and broken numbers. With the rules of cossicke, surd, binomicall, & residuall numbers, and the rule of equation, or of algebere ... Whereunto is annexed a most excellent inuention of Iulius Caesar Patauinus, for the buying and selling of all kinde of marchandise. And lastly the order of keeping of a marchants booke, after the Italian manner, by debitor and creditor ... Together with a table ... Written in Dutch, and translated into English, by W.P

Creator
Petri, Nicolaus, -1602
Date
1596
Media Format
Printed text
Location
London England
Reference ID
FILM Acc. 626; For access, follow the Linked Resources hyperlink
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Early English books, 1475-1640
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