A Treatise of Gauging Containing not Only What is Common on the Subject, but Likewise a Great Variety of New and Interesting Improvements with the Demonstrations
by Thomas Moss
| A Treatise of Guaging | ||
 at the College of William & Mary. |
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| Author | Thomas Moss | |
| Edition | Precise edition unknown | |
| Desc. | 8vo | |
Thomas Moss was from Bromley, Middlesex.[1] [2]
This work, yet another practical work of math from the Wythe collection, focuses interestingly on the accurate measurements of the quantities and volumes of casks. Likely useful for someone maintaining any kind of brewing or liquid storage operation it would also be a useful instruction manual for anyone engaging in coopering. [3]
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
Thomas Jefferson listed "Treatise on gauging. 8vo." in his inventory of Wythe's Library in the section of titles he kept for himself. Brown's Bibliography[4] includes the 1768 London edition based on the copy Jefferson sold to the Library of Congress as described in Millicent Sowerby's Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson.[5] Unfortunately, this volume does not survive to verify the edition or Wythe's prior ownership. George Wythe's Library[6] on LibraryThing notes Sowerby's entry but indicates "Precise edition unknown. Editions were published at London in 1765, 1766, 1768, and 1779." The Wolf Law Library has not yet found a copy of Moss's treatise.
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References
- ↑ F. Puryer White and G. J. Lidstone, “969. A Letter of de Moivre and a Theorem of Halley,” The Mathematical Gazette, 15, no. 209 (1930): 216.
- ↑ A Moss question was published in "Mathematical Questions," The London Magazine, Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer, (March 1777): 156.
- ↑ Review of A Treatise of Gauging, by Thomas Moss, The Critical Review: or, Annals of Literature, 19 (June 1765): 458-461.
- ↑ Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, 2009, rev. 2023) Microsoft Word document (on file at the Wolf Law Library, William & Mary Law School).
- ↑ E. Millicent Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,(Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 4:24, no.3712.
- ↑ LibraryThing, s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on July 11, 2025, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe