The Rule Book: Measuring for the Trades

by Mark Rees and Jane Rees

This book focuses on the measuring tools used by tradesmen and professionals in their everyday work, on the trades in which specific tools were used and how these tools were made and by whom. The intention is that the information contained here will be of use to collectors and researchers by explaining how the measuring devices were used and by placing them in a trade and social context. No book of this size could hope to describe in detail every...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 193162626X
• ISBN13: 9781931626262
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Astragal Press
• Length: 476 Pages