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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== | ==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== | ||
[[Thomas Jefferson]] listed "Treatise on gauging. 8<sup>vo</sup>." in his [[Jefferson Inventory|inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] in the section of titles he kept for himself. Brown's Bibliography<ref>Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, 2009, rev. 2023) Microsoft Word document (on file at the Wolf Law Library, William & Mary Law School).</ref> 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''.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'',(Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 4:24, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648125&seq=38 no.3712].</ref> Unfortunately, this volume does not survive to verify the edition or Wythe's prior ownership. [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on July 11, 2025, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe </ref> 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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Revision as of 15:16, 11 July 2025
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 | |
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. [1]
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[2] 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.[3] Unfortunately, this volume does not survive to verify the edition or Wythe's prior ownership. George Wythe's Library[4] 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
- ↑ "Thomas Moss," A Treatise of Gauging https://books.google.com/books?id=gsAPAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA458&lpg=PA458&dq=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&source=bl&ots=-zVkn8pNI8&sig=lw_Us0Z6ImGCSslfKPLrvopvrrA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEsQ6AEwCWoVChMIw8Lp3J6NyAIVw3U-Ch0YQArv#v=onepage&q=A%20Treatise%20of%20Gauging%20Containing%20not%20Only%20What%20is%20Common%20on%20the%20Subject%2C%20but%20Likewise%20a%20Great%20Variety%20of%20New%20and%20Interesting%20Improvements%20with%20the%20Demonstrations&f=false
- ↑ 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