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Deals in Destruction: The global effects of the international arms trade
Date: c.1990Reference: SA/MED/N/6Part of: Medact- Archives and manuscripts
"Deals in Destruction: the global effects of the international arms trade" video and slide/tape handbook
Date: 1992Reference: SA/MED/J/8/33Part of: Medact- Books
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The expeditious calculator ; or, the merchant, owner, sea captain, and mate's assistant : shewing at sight, I. The standard deals in all the ports of Russia, Sweden, and Prussia, from a Single Deal to Six Thousand, from One Inch and a Half to Three Inches Thick, and from Five to Twenty Feet Long; brought into Twelve Feet Deals One Inch and a Half Thick, and to a 36th Part of a Single Deal. II. The Loads, Feet, and Inches that are contained in, from One to Three Thousand Dantzic Deals, from Eighteen to Forty Feet Long, and from Two to Three Inches Thick. III. The Standard Deals at Christiana and all the Southern Ports of Norway, except Dram, from Nine to Twenty Feet Long, and from One and a Quarter to Four Inches Thick, from a Single Deal to Six Thousand; brought into Deals Eleven Feet Long and One and a Quarter Inch Thick, and to a 55th Part of a Single Deal. IV. The Standard Deals at Dram in Norway, from a Single Deal to Six Thousand, from Ten to Twenty Feet Long, and from One and a Quarter to Three Inches Thick, in Ten and Twelve Feet Deals; and from One and a Half to Three Inches Thick, in Deals from Thirteen to Twenty Feet Long; and to a 30th Part of a Single Deal. By W. Waters.
Waters, W.Date: 1792- Books
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A table which reduces deals as imported from the Baltic, to standard deals. Shewing the quantity of Standard in any Number of Baltic, or common Deals, from 1 to 1000, of any length from 6 Feet to 16 Feet long, and from 7? to 12 Inches broad; thickness being 1?, 2, 2?, and 3 Inches. And for white Deals Imported from Norway, when Sold by the Hundred at 12 Feet long, and 3 Inches thick, which is the customary Method. Also, by this Table may be found the quantity of Standard Deals, if the length, thickness, and breadth be more than in the Table. To which is added, a Table of Solid Measure, shewing the Contents in Feet and Quarters, of any Piece of Timber from 1 to 60 Feet long, and from 5 to 24 Inches the Girt, to every half Foot in Length, and quarter Inch in Girt. A Standard Deal is 12 Feet long, 1? Inch thick, and 11 Inches broad. In the Table 12 Inches make 1 Foot, and 11 Feet 1 Deal; so that it must be observed in adding up the Sums taken out of the Table, to carry from the Feet Column, to the Column for Deals, 1 Deal for every 11 Feet. Calculated by Isaac Sandys.
Sandys, Isaac.Date: [1790?]- Books
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The measurer's assistant; or, mensuration made easy, by a new set of tables, Which shew, at one Point of View, The Superficial or Solid Content, in Feet, Inches, Parts, &c. of most Kinds of Superfices and Solids, either square, round, or unequal-sided; also The reducing of Deals to the Standard, with the Standard Weight. With other useful and original tables. By William Taylor, land surveyor.
Taylor, William, teacher of the mathematics.Date: 1792