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Essays upon several projects: or, effectual ways for advancing the interest of the nation. Wherein are plainly laid down. The Means by which the Subjects in general may be eased and enriched; the Poor relieved, and Trade encreased in the most material Branches of it, viz. in Constituting Seamen to theirs and the Nations Advantage for Encouragement of Merchants and Merchandizing; for Relief of the Poor of Friendly Societies; for discouraging Vice, and encouraging Vertue; the Usefulness; of Banks and Assurances; to prevent Bankrupts; with the surest way to recover bad Debts; and many other considerable things, profitable and conducing to the great Advantage of the Nation in general.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: 1702- Books
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A catalogue of a very large and good collection of books, in all branches of learning, in Greek, Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, and English: containing the libraries of the Rev. Sir William Keate, Bart. and of Arthur Pollard, ... to be sold ... on Monday, August 1, 1757, ... by Thomas Payne, ...
Payne, Thomas, 1719-1799.Date: 1757]- Books
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A complete view of the British customs. Containing, I. A perfect and distinct account of the several particular branches whereof that revenue consists. II. The Former and Additional Books of the Rates of Merchandizes, from which most of those Branches are chargeable; with the Neat Total Amount of all the several Branches payable, as well from those Rates, as from the Values upon Oath, &c. for all Foreign Goods and Merchandizes Imported, not only by British Subjects, but by Strangers; and also The Neat Total Amount of such of the said Branches as are to be Repaid, or Drawn Back, in case the said Goods are afterwards Exported to Foreign Parts within Time. With The Neat Duty to be paid upon Native Commodities, and several Foreign Dying Goods Exported: Also the Duties to be paid upon Coals, Culm, and Cinders brought Coastwise, and to be Repaid if they are afterwards Exported. All Calculated to the Utmost Exactness. Together with the several Rules, Orders, &c. Annexed to the said Books of Rates. III. Directions for, and Examples of, The Method of Computing the aforesaid Duties to be Paid and Repaid; with the Drawbacks and Bounties on the Exportation of several British Goods, &c. IV. The several Ports, Members, and Creeks of Great Britain; the Lawful Keys, Wharfs, &c. and the Fees payable to the Officers of the Customs in the Port of London; with the Duties of Scavage, Package, &c. payable to the said City. V. An index, wherein is comprehended the substance of the several laws now in force, relating to the Customs, &c. The Whole being A Complete System of His Majesty's Revenue of Customs. B Henry Crouch, Of the Custom-House, London.
Crouch, Henry, -1732.Date: M.DCC.XLV. [1745]- Pictures
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Couching instruments. Engraving by Thomas Jefferys.
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771.Reference: 47760i- Books
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Oral anaesthesia; local anaesthesia in the oral cavity : technique and practical application in the different branches of dentistry / by Kurt Hermann Thoma.
Thoma, Kurt H. (Kurt Hermann), 1883-1972.Date: [1914], [©1914]- Books
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An inquiry into the present state of medical surgery : including the analogy betwixt external and internal disorders; and the inseparability of these branches of the same profession / by Thomas Kirkland, M.D. member of the Royal Medical Society at Edinburgh.
Kirkland, Thomas, 1722-1798.Date: 1783- 1786- Books
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Experiments and observations on different kinds of air, and other branches of natural philosophy, connected with the subject. In three volumes; being the former six volumes abridged and methodized, with many additions. By Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F.R.S. Ac. Imp. Petrop. R. Paris. Holm. Taurin. Ital. Harlem. Aurel. Med. Paris. Cantab. Americ. Et Philad. Socius. ...
Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804.Date: MDCCXC. [1790]- Books
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The preceptor's assistant, or Student's guide: being a systematical treatise of arithmetic, both vulgar and decimal; calculated for the use of schools, counting houses, and private families. Wherein the most practical branches of that important art are laid down in so plain and concise a manner, that persons of common capacity may become acquainted, in a short time, with that beneficial science. By John Vinall, teacher of the mathematics and writing, in Boston. [One line of quotation in Latin]
Vinall, John, 1736-1823.Date: MDCCXCII. [1792]- Books
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An introduction to the mechanical part of clock and watch work. In two parts. Containing all the arithmetic and geometry necessary, with their particular application in the said branches. A work very useful for the working mechanic, or gentlemen mechanically inclined. Illustrated by eighteen copper-plates, geometrically drawn for the use of the trade. By Thomas Hatton, watch-maker.
Hatton, Thomas, active 1757-1774.Date: MDCCLXXIII. [1773]- Books
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The naval history of England, in all its branches; from the Norman conquest in the year 1066. to the conclusion of 1734. Collected from the most approved historians, English and foreign, authentick records and manuscripts, scarce tracts, original journals, &c. with many facts and observations, never before made publick. By Thomas Lediard, gent. late secretary to His Majesty's envoy extraordinary in Lower Germany. In two volumes.
Lediard, Thomas, 1685-1743.Date: MDCCXXXV. [1735]- Books
New Zealand medical services in Middle East and Italy / by T. Duncan M. Stout.
Stout, Thomas Duncan MacGregor, 1885-Date: 1956- Books
The age of autism : mercury, medicine, and a man-made epidemic / Dan Olmsted and Mark Blaxill.
Olmsted, Dan.Date: 2010- Books
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Philosophical principles of universal chemistry: or, the foundation of a scientifical manner of inquiring into and preparing the natural and artificial bodies for the uses of life: Both in the smaller Way of Experiment, and the larger Way of Business. Design'd as a General Introduction To the Knowledge and Practice of Artificial Philosophy: or, Genuine Chemistry in all its Branches. Drawn from the Collegium Jenense of Dr. George Ernest Stahl. By Peter Shaw M.D.
Stahl, Georg Ernst, 1660-1734.Date: M.DCC.XXX. [1730]- Books
The New England farmer; or, Georgical dictionary: containing a compendious account of the ways and methods in which the most important art of husbandry. In all its various branches, is, or may be, practised to the greatest advantage in this country / By Samuel Deane, A.M. Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Deane, Samuel, 1733-1814.Date: 1790- Books
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A portable military library, in four volumes octavo; containing, a system of the art of war; In which is laid down and explained, The Most Useful Branches Of The Science, Illustrated by Quotations from the most celebrated Authors, And ornamented with frontispieces, and many other engraved plates. By Thomas Simes, Esq. Late of the Queen's Royal Regiment, a Governor of the Hibernian Society for the Orphans and Children of Soldiers, Author of the Military Medley, Guide, Course, Instructor, Science, and Regulator. ...
Simes, Thomas, active 1757-1780.Date: MDCCLXXXII. [1782]- Books
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The annals of Hampstead / by Thomas J. Barratt ... with over five hundred illustrations.
Barratt, Thomas J., 1841-Date: 1912- Books
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The new complete dictionary of arts and sciences; or, an universal system of useful knowledge. The theological, philosophical, critical, and poetical branches / by the Rev. Erasmus Middleton ... the medicinal, chemical, and anatomical, by William Turnbull ... the gardening and botanical, by Thomas Ellis ... the mathematical, etc. by John Davison.
Date: 1778- Books
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The New-England farmer; or, Georgical dictionary: containing a compendious account of the ways and methods in which the most important art of husbandry, in all its various branches, is, or may be, practised to the greatest advantage in this country. By Samuel Deane, A.M. Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. [Three lines from Virgil]
Deane, Samuel, 1733-1814.Date: MDCCXC. [1790]- Books
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The new universal letter writer, or The whole art of general correspondence; for both sexes: consisting of a series of the most interesting and instructive entire new letters, on every occurence in life. By which any parson who can use the pen, may write letters on any subject, with propriety and elegance. In which proper regard has been paid to the following heads; trade, affection, love, courtship, marriage, friendship, instruction, history, commerce, industry, prosperity, prudence, gratitude, generosity, misfortunes, consolation, prodigality, virtue, vice, piety, wit, mirth, folly, pleasure, humanity, memory, morality, education, happiness, business, sickness, death, integrity, oeconomy, affluence, politeness, fidelity, riches, duty and concerns of parents, children, and other relations; and other numerous and entertaining particulars, too numerous to mention in this title page. To which is added, a course of cards, or notes of compliments, together with the universal petitioner, comprehending the greatest variety of petitions, adapted every situation. To the whole are also added, precedents of leases, bonds, letters of attorney, wills, mortgages, wills and powers, indentures, &c. agreeable to the forms in which they are now executed by eminent attorneys. By Thomas Chapman, author of the Communicant's companion.
Chapman, Thomas, schoolmaster.Date: [1790?]- Books
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Vectigalium systema: or, a complete view of that part of the revenue of Great Britain, commonly called Customs. Wherein I. The several branches of that revenue are distinctly treated of, and Explain'd by Examples. II. The Manner and Method of Computing both in the Customhouses, and at the Waterside, are Demonstrated; With Rules, Directions, and Variety of Tables, for the more certain and expeditious Operations. III. The Rates of all Merchandizes Inwards, and the Net Duties to be Paid or Secured at Importation, or Drawnback on Exportation in Time, on all Goods whatsoever, both Rated and Unrated, are exactly and carefully Calculated, with References respectively for Working and Proving them; And likewise the Rates and Duties payable Outwards and Coastwise. IV. The laws relative to the customs, navigation, and trade, are abstracted under proper heads in Alphabetical Order; With Lists of Goods Prohibited to be Imported or Exported, and of the Legal Ports, Members, and Creeks in Great Britain, a Table of Fees, and several other useful Tables. The Whole Digested in a Plain and Easie Method for the Benefit of the Officers of the Customs, and of all concern'd in Trade. By William Edgar, Inspector General of the Ports in North Britain.
Edgar, William, inspector general of the ports in North-Britain.Date: [1714]- Books
The complete dictionary of arts and sciences. In which the whole circle of human learning is explained, and the difficulties attending the acquisition of every art, whether liberal or mechanical, are removed ... The theological, philological, and critical branches / by the Rev. Temple Henry Croker ... The medicinal, anatomical, and chemical, by Thomas Williams, M.D. ... The mathematical by Samuel Clark ... and the other parts by several gentlemen particularly conversant in the arts or sciences they have undertaken to explain.
Croker, Temple Henry, 1729 or 1730-1790?Date: 1764-1766- Books
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Essays on the trade, commerce, manufactures, and fisheries of Scotland; Containing, Remarks on the Situation of most of the Sea-Ports; the Number of Shipping employed; their Tonnage: Strictures on the Principal Inland Towns; the different Branches of Trade and Commerce carried on; and the various Improvements made in each: Hints and Observations on the Constitutional Police; with many other Curious and Interesting Articles never yet Published. By David Loch Merchant, And General Inspector of the Fisheries in Scotland. In three volumes. ...
Loch, David, -1780.Date: M,DCC,LXXVIII. [1778]-79- Books
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A treatise of military discipline; in which is laid down and explained the duty of the officer and soldier, Thro' the several Branches of the Service. By Humphrey Bland, Esq; Lieutenant-Colonel of His Majesty's Own Regiment of Horse.
Bland, Humphrey, 1686?-1763.Date: MDCCXXVII. [1727]- Books
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The practical farmer: or, The Hertfordshire husbandman: Containing many new improvements in husbandry. I. Of meliorating the different soils, and all other branches of business relating to a farm. II. Of the nature of the seveal sorts of wheat, and the soil proper for each. III. Of the great improvement of barley, by brineing the seed, after an entire new mehod, and without expence. IV. Of increasing crops of pease and beans by horse-houghing. V. Of trefoyle, clover, lucerne, and other foreign grasses. VI. A new method to improve land at a small expence, with burnt clay. VII. Of the management of cows, sheep, suckling of calves, lambs, &c. with means to prevent, and remedies to cure rottenness in sheep. VIII. How to keep pigeons and tame rabbits to advantage. IX. A new method of Planting and improving fruit-trees in ploughed-fields. By William Ellis, of Little Gaddesden, in Hertfordshire.
Ellis, William, approximately 1700-1758.Date: M.DCC.XXXVIII. [1738]- Books
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Speech delivered at the annual meeting of the Birmingham and Midland Branch of the British Medical Association, held on June 14th 1867, on the present rate of remuneration of the medical officers to sick assurance societies / T. P. Heslop, M.D.
Heslop, Thomas Pretious.Date: [1867], [©1867]