The cry of the oppressed by reason of false measures: or, A discovery of the true standard-gallon of England what it is, when, and by whom made, and where it ought to be found. By which, the assizes of wine, ale, and corn, are to be justly known, according to the proportions they bear to the standard-gallon. This standard being not known to the commissioners and farmers of the excise of beer, and ale, in London, &c. As appeareth by their non-observances of the assizes of beer and ale, giveth a just accasion of the brewers third grievance complained to the Parliament.
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dc.description.abstract | Dedication signed: S.S. J.W. J.B. Caption title on p. 1 reads: The true assize of beer and ale; asserted, maintained, and proved by the statutes, old assize-books, and generall practice of artists. "A supplement to the treatise called the cry of the oppressed, by reason of false measures: or, an answer to John Lyon's remonstrance, delivered in, to the honourable the commissioners for bringing in the areares due to the Common-wealth" has caption title; register and pagination are separate. Pages marked and stained with some loss of print. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. |
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dc.subject.lcsh | Lyon, John, -- professor of mathematics. -- Exchequer gallon vindicated to be the true and only standard gallon of England -- Early works to 1800. |
dc.subject.lcsh | Weights and measures -- England -- Early works to 1800. |
dc.title | The cry of the oppressed by reason of false measures: or, A discovery of the true standard-gallon of England what it is, when, and by whom made, and where it ought to be found. By which, the assizes of wine, ale, and corn, are to be justly known, according to the proportions they bear to the standard-gallon. This standard being not known to the commissioners and farmers of the excise of beer, and ale, in London, &c. As appeareth by their non-observances of the assizes of beer and ale, giveth a just accasion of the brewers third grievance complained to the Parliament. |
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