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Cottage economy : containing information relative to the brewing of beer, making of bread, keeping of cows, pigs, bees, ewes, goats, poultry, and rabbits, and relative to other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the affairs of a labourer's family to which are added, instructions relative to the selecting, the cutting and the bleaching of the plants of English grass and grain, for the purpose of making hats and bonnets and also instructions for erecting and and [sic] using ice-houses after the Virginian manner / by William Cobbett.
Cobbett, William, 1763-1835.Date: 1926- Books
W.E. Beer.
Date: 2000- Books
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The theory and practice of brewing illustrated ... / by W.L. Tizard.
Tizard, William Littell.Date: 1857- Books
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Beer : its history and its economic value as a national beverage / by F. W. Salem.
Salem, F. W. (Frederick William)Date: 1880, ©1879- Books
Gavin Rylands de Beer, 1899-1972 / by E.J.W. Barrington.
Barrington, E. J. W. (Ernest James William)Date: 1973- Books
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An oration, on the death of General Washington; pronounced before the citizens of Albany, on Thursday, January 9th, 1800. By William P. Beers, Esquire.
Beers, William Pitt, 1766-1810.Date: [1800]- Books
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Brown beer: a poem. By John Peake, Victualler, Of Stoke-Newington.
Peake, John, victualler.Date: MDLLLXII[1762]- Books
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Specification of Jeremiah Taylor : medicinal draught.
Taylor, Jeremiah.Date: 1856- Pictures
Kaiser Wilhelm I. Colour lithograph.
Date: [1900?]Reference: 644018iPart of: Imperial, royal and noble persons. Album of portrait prints collected by René de Beer, 1912 (?).- Books
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An act for enlarging the charitable uses, extending the objects, and regulating the application of the rents and profits of the estates given by Sir William Harpur, Knt. and Dame Alice his wife, for the benefit of the poor ... of the town of Bedford.
Great Britain. Parliament.Date: 1794- Books
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The london and country brewer. Containing an Account, I. Of the Nature of the Barley-Corn, and of the proper Soils and Manures for the Improvement thereof. II. Of making good Malts. III. To know good from bad Malts. IV. Of the Use of the Pale, Amber, and Brown Malts. V. Of the Nature of several Waters, and their Use in Brewing. VI. Of Grinding Malts. VII. Of Brewing in general. VIII. Of the London Method of Brewing Stout, But-Beer, Pale and Brown Ales. IX. Of the Country or Private Way of Brewing. X. Of the Nature and Use of the Hop. XI. Of Boiling Malt Liquors, and to Brew a Quantity of Drink in a little Room, and with a few Tubs. XII. Of Foxing or Tainting of Malt Liquors; their Prevention and Cure. XIII. Of Fermenting and Working of Beers and Ales, and the unwholesome Practice of Beating in the Yeast, detected. XIV. Of several Artificial Lees for seeding, fining, preserving, and relishing Malt Liquors. XV. Of several pernicious Ingredients put into Malt Liquors to encrease their Strength. XVI. Of the Cellar or Repository for keeping Beers and Ales. XVII. Of Sweetning and Cleaning Casks. XVIII. Of Bunging Casks and Carrying them to some Distance. XIX. Of the Age and Strength of Malt Liquors. XX. Of the Profit and Pleasure of Private Brewing, and the Charge of Buying Malt Liquors. To which is added, A Philosophical Account of Brewing Strong October Beer. By an Ingenious Hand. By a Person formerly concerned in a Common Brewhouse at London, but for twenty Years past has resided in the Country.
Ellis, William, brewer.Date: M.DCC.XXXVI. [1736]- Books
Cerevisiarii comes, or, The new and true art of brewing, illustrated by various examples in making beer, ale and other liquors, so that they may be most durable, brisk and fragrant; and how they may be so ordered, as to yeild [sic] the greatest quantity of spirits in distillation. To which is added, the right way to refine and bottle beer and cyder, and a cure for those that are sick and ropy, so as to return them to their internal sanity, as also the true method of manuring lands and the art of making salt water fresh. All proved by demonstration and sound philosophy, to be more agreeable to man's body than otherwise, and so not only fit for English constitutions, but also for transportation. Published for the sake of verity, and therefore recommended to all that esteem demonstrated truths before notional theory / by W.Y-worth.
Y-Worth, W. (William)Date: 1692- Pictures
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In a Spitalfields silk weaver's shop two contrasting apprentices, Tom Idle, asleep, and Francis Goodchild, engrossed in his work, sit at their looms overseen by their master. Engraving by Thomas Cook after William Hogarth, 1749.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: 1 July 1795Reference: 38360iPart of: Industry and idleness- Books
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Specification of Felton Mathew : separating and preserving yeast.
Mathew, Felton.Date: 1856- Archives and manuscripts
Abdy, Sir Robert ( -1670)
Abdy, Sir Robert, d.1670.Date: 1664, 1739-1749Reference: MS.812- Ephemera
Alcohol industry ephemera. Box 2.
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A crowd of figures with the heads of animals carry banners and beat drums as they form a procession; representing the City of London Volunteers. Engraving by William Henry Toms after E. Heemskerk.
Heemskerck, Egbert van, 1634 or 1635-1704.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 31705i- Pictures
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A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: 1 February 1751Reference: 26456i- Pictures
A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: published according to Act of Parliament 1 February 1751Reference: 26979i- Pictures
William Pitt the younger stands in the House of Commons facing the opposition benches, who are in corked and labelled bottles, as he uncorks a bottle containing the bloated and scowling face of Sheridan. Etching by J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: [1830]Reference: 585508i- Pictures
A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1 February 1751Reference: 26964i- Books
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The london and country brewer. Containing. I. Of the four quarters of the year as they relate to brewing malt-liquors. II. The State of Barley for the Year 1737. III. Of Malt-Kilns. IV. Of Fuels for drying the several Sorts of Malt. V. Of the great publick Brew-House. VI. Of the small private Brew-House. Vii. An excellent Way of Brewing a Butt of Pale strong Beer, by an Inn-Keeper. Viii. Brewing a Hogshead and a Half of Pale-Ale from fresh Malt, by a private Person. IX. The best Way to make Elderberry-Beer (called Ebulum) China Ale, and several other Sorts. X. Of the Devonshire white Ale. XI. A Scheme for Brewing strong Malt-Liquors after a new improved Method. XII. Of Worts, and their Improvements after a new Method. XIII. The Barnstable Way of Brewing a Hogshead of fine Pale Ale. XIV. Of Working Beer and Ale after a new Way, to their great Advantage. XV. Of Brewing Butt-Beer called Porter. XVI. An Account of the Destructive Weevils, with several Ways to destroy them. XVII. Common purl improv'd, by a famous new cheap receipt now in use, rendring it far more wholesome and pleasant that by the common way. To which i added, the cellar-man, or many receipts to cure, preserve and improve drinks in the cask; wherein the Case of Cloudy-Beer is accounted for, and its effectual Cure amply prescrib'd. A new advantagious Way to get out the Sap of new Casks, and to Season them at once; likewise particular Directions for Bottling Malt-Drinks; with many other useful Matters, never before Publish'd; truly necessary for those who are concern'd in Brewing or Selling Malt-Liquors. By a person formerly concerned in a publick brewhouse, at London, but who for twenty years past has resided in the country. The third and last part.
Ellis, William, brewer.Date: MDCC.XXXVIII. [1738]- Pictures
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A triumphant candidate, borne aloft by his supporters, is about to topple from his chair due to an obstructing donkey, the disturbance of a fight and a frightened family of swine dashing underneath. Engraving by William Hogarth and François Antoine Aviline, 1758.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: 1 January 1758Reference: 38399iPart of: An election- Books
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An address to the legislature and people of the state of Connecticut, on the subject of dividing the state into districts for the election of representatives in Congress. By a citizen of Connecticut.
Beers, William Pitt, 1766-1810.Date: 1791- Books
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The London and country brewer: containing an account, I. of the nature of the barley corn, and of the proper soils and manures for the imporvement thereof. ... XX. Of the profit and pleasure of private brewing, and the charge of buying malt liquors. To which is added, a philosophical account of brewing strong October beer, by an ingenious hand. By a person formerly concern'd in a common brewhouse at London, but for near twenty years past has resided in the country.
Ellis, William, brewer.Date: [between 1734 and 1735]