The Timber Merchant's Pocket Companion by Charles Gane, Wood Auctioneer

• Reference:GB 235 GAN
• Dates of Creation:1894
• Name of Creator:
  Gane, Charles
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  2 items, 2cm

• Scope and Content

  Small card guide produced by Charles Gane of Charles Gane & Co., Timber, Lath and Slate Merchants, Wisbeach, outlining how to calculate the cost of lengths of timber, published by William Rider and Son, at the Office of the Timber Trades Journal, 14 Bartholomew Close, London. There is an accompanying notebook, blank, but with columns for No., Length, Girth, Contents and Cost.

• Access Information

  Collection is open to researchers by appointment, see (right click, open link in new tab:) https://www.rbge.org.uk/science-and-conservation/library-and-archives/visiting-the-library/

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  the front cover has come off the notebook.

• Archivist's Note

  filed at G

• Conditions Governing Use

  Permission required from RBGE.

• Appraisal Information

  It is debatable whether the notebook is worth keeping as it is damaged and blank, with no known context as to who owned it. Kept at present in case it affects the interpretation of the Pocket Companion.

• Custodial History

  Items were previously held in the Cleghorn Memorial Library at the Museum of Science and Art Edinburgh before coming to the RBGE Library in August 1940.

• Additional Information

  published

  Minimal

  GAN