MANUSCRIT. - Observations on the analysis... - Lot 42 - Giquello

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MANUSCRIT. - Observations on the analysis... - Lot 42 - Giquello
MANUSCRIT. - Observations on the analysis of the prices of different fortification works. S.d. [after 1788, very late 18th century]. Manuscript in-folio of 18 pages unencumbered, bradel modern cardboard. "To put the contractors in a position to fulfill the clauses and conditions of their contracts, by sparing the interests of the government, it is essential to award them the prices for the various works of fortification only after having calculated them well, on certain bases and against which this contractor do not have anything to object. The officers of the engineers must thus bring the greatest attention and give all their care to examine, when they will have a new contract to pass, the variation which can have occurred, since the last adjudication, in the market prices of all the materials, bought in bulk [...]". A note indicates that the prices (retail prices including in particular the expenses of material and labor, and price which could be adjudicated) were calculated according to those observed in 1788 in the department of the North of France. The analysis concerns the following various works of "fortification": excavation of earth with shovel, excavation of rock, turfing, mortar, masonry, ceilings, coatings, facings, ashlar, paving stones and tiles, framework, roofing, floors and panelling, racks and feeders of the stables, tables and benches of the barracks, glazing, painting, pipe of fountain, etc.
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