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Rivers. 1628 : A new almanacke and prognostication for this present yeare of grace 1628. Being bissextile or leape yeare. : Calculated according to art for the latitude & meridian of the auncient shire=towne of Warwicke, where the pole is mounted aboue the horizon 52 degrees and 20 minutes: and may serue without sensible error the most part of Great Britaine. ... / By William Riuers, wel-wisher to the mathematickes, and louer of truth.
Rivers, William, active 1628Date: [1628]- Pictures
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Sadler's Wells, with the New River running beside. Wood engraving by A. H. W.
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The Court miscellany: or, Ladies new magazine.
Date: <1765-1771>- Books
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Picturesque views on the Upper, or Warwickshire Avon, from its source at Naseby to its junction with the Severn at Tewkesbury: with observations on the public buildings, and other works of art in its vicinity. By Samuel Ireland, Author of ̀̀a Picturesque Tour through Holland, Brabant, and Part of France;'' and of ̀̀picturesque Views on the Rivers Thames, Medway,'' &c.
Ireland, Samuel, -1800.Date: 1795- Pictures
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Sadler's Wells, with the New River running beside. Etching by F. W. Pailthorpe after R. C. Andrews, 1792.
Andrews, R. C., active 1792-1798.Reference: 38530i- Pictures
Festivities at the opening of New London Bridge. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1831.
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852.Date: [1831]Reference: 36518i- Books
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An examination and refutation of Mr. Badeslade's New-Cut canal, &c. by quotations from his own words, as well as from observations and experiments made upon the River Welland, and the country adjacent, in the Years 1731, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Done for the use of drainers. Also, scholiums drawn from the said Quotations; and Observations, &c. which fully prove, that Mr. Badeslade was wrong inform'd with regard to spalding river, and Captain Perry's Proceedings, when he wrote his First Book of Chester, &c. Likewise, That the parallel Instances the said Gentleman hath brought in his First Book of Reasons, &c. betwixt spalding river, and the New-Cut Canal at Chester, are not altogether such, from what he hath said in his New-Cut Canal, &c. except it may be prov'd that 8 is equal to 2. To which is added, scholiums and corollaries, which prove, that Mr. Badeslade hath refuted his First Book of Reasons, &c. by his New-Cut Canal, &c. and that he hath wrested several Parts of my First Book of Remarks, &c. (without any Regard to Truth) to such Meanings as were never intended by me. Also, propositions and corollaries, which demonstrate, that Water will move and run, at a Descent of 4 Inches in each Mile; and that no accurate Levels can be taken by the High-Water Marks of the same Tide, at two far distant Places: With a Defence of my Method of taking of Levels, from actual Experiments I have made before different Persons, and in different Places. By John Grundy, of Congestone, in the County of Leicester, Land-Surveyor, and Teacher of the Mathematics.
Grundy, John, sen.Date: M.DCC.XXXVI. [1736]- Books
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Reasons in support of the bill for making a new cut from Eau Brink to Lynn, in Norfolk, for the effectual improvement of the outfall of the river Ouze, and the preservation of the harbour of Lynn.
Date: 1793?]- Books
Along a river : the first French-Canadian women / Jan Noel.
Noel, JanetDate: [2013]- Pictures
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Part of a map of the City of Westminster and the immediate environs. Engraving, 1764.
Date: 1764Reference: 40386i- Pictures
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The Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich. Lithograph by J. D. Harding after himself, 1822.
Harding, James Duffield, 1798-1863.Date: 1 June 1822Reference: 28194i- Pictures
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New River waterworks, Stoke Newington. Wood engraving, 1856.
Date: 1856Reference: 37777i- Pictures
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Sadler's Wells Theatre, with the New River running beside, a smaller view, below, of the older building. Engraving by W. Wise, 1814, after R. C. Andrews, 1792.
Andrews, R. C., active 1792-1798.Date: 4 June 1814Reference: 38533i- Books
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Materia medica and pharmacy : for the use of students preparing for the examinations of the conjoint boards of the Royal Coleges of Physicians and Surgeons in England, Scotland and Ireland, the Society of Apothecaries of London, &c / by Dr. Rivers-Willson.
Rivers-Willson, Alfred, 1854-1916.Date: [between 1890 and 1899?]- Books
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An accurate description of the British colonies in North-America: comprehending an account of New Britain, Canada, Nova Scotia, New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, N. and S. Carolina, Georgia, and E. and W. Florida. Also their divisions, chief towns, principal capes, bays, harbours, rivers, &c. &c. With the climate, soil, Productions, And Different Kinds Of Animals.
Date: M,DCC,LXXVII. [1777]- Pictures
Ashanti War, Ghana, 1874: African bearers carrying wounded British soldiers on litters across a river. Wood engraving after Melton Prior, 1874.
Prior, Melton, 1845-1910.Date: 1874Reference: 20781i- Books
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A treatise on the commerce and police of the River Thames: containing an historical view of the trade of the port of London; And suggesting Means for preventing the Depredations thereon, by a Legislative System of river police. With an account of the functions of the various magistrates and corporations exercising jurisdiction on the river; and a general view of the penal and remedial statutes connected with the subject, By P. Colquhoun, LL.D.
Colquhoun, Patrick, 1745-1820.Date: [1800]- Books
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A treatise on the commerce and police of the River Thames: containing an historical view of the trade of the port of London; And suggesting Means for preventing the Depredations thereon, by a Legislative System of river police. With an account of the functions of the various magistrates and corporations exercising jurisdiction on the river; and a general view of the penal and remedial statutes connected with the subject, By P. Colquhoun, LL.D.
Colquhoun, Patrick, 1745-1820.Date: [1800]- Pictures
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Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, a brick quay with wooden piers around it, with ships in the foreground, viewed from the river. Engraving by G. Dawe, 184-.
Date: 1840-1849Reference: 27707i- Books
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By the Queen, a proclamation, for the careful custody and well ordering of the new river brought from Chadwell and Amwell to the north part of the city of London.
England and Wales. Sovereign (1702-1707 : Anne)Date: 1703- Books
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Observations on the river Wye, and several parts of South Wales, &c. relative chiefly to picturesque beauty; made in the summer of the year 1770. By William Gilpin, M. A. Prebendary of Salisbury; and Vicar of Boldre in New Forest, near Lymington.
Gilpin, William, 1724-1804.Date: M.DCC.XCII. [1792]- Books
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Observations on the River Wye, and several parts of South Wales, &c. relative chiefly to picturesque beauty; made in the summer of the year 1770, second edition. By William Gilpin, M. A. Prebendary of Salisbury; and Vicar of Boldre in New Forest, near Lymington.
Gilpin, William, 1724-1804.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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A new method of making the banks in the Fens almost impregnable; So as in time to resist the force of rivers, in the most impetuous floods, and prevent all future inundations. With a new but certain method of preparing the lands therein, for the growth of our most valuable timber, viz. oak, elm, ash, &c. Particularly those extensive tracts of lands in the counties of Cambridge and Lincoln, &c. Also some observations on the River Cam; how to confine its bounds and improve its navigation; which may serve for a plan for any other inland river, &c. By John Harrison, botanist, nursery-man in Cambridge.
Harrison, John, botanist.Date: [1766?]- Books
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An abstract of an act, for building a bridge cross the river Thames, from the new palace yard in the city of Wesminster, to the opposite shore in the county of Surrey. To which are added, the terms of insurance for the benefit of the adventurers, from (at least) one half of the Loss they must (otherwise) sustain by their Blanks, in the Lottery for Building a Bridge cross the said River as they are now finally settled and fixed: So as, That the most Unfortunate who shall have four Blanks together, or but one Prize (of Ten Pounds) in his four Insured Tickets, shall have that Prize, And his whole Premium (paid for this Insurance) return'd him by the Bank of England.
Great Britain.Date: 1736- Books
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The american gazetteer, exhibiting, in alphabetical order, a much more full and accurate account than has been given, of the states, provinces, counties, Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers, Bays, Harbours, Gulfs, Sounds, Capes, Mountains, Forts, Indian Tribes, and New Discoveries, on the American continent, also of the West India islands, And other Islands appendant to the Continent, and those newly discovered in the Pacific Ocean: describing The Extent, Boundaries, Population, Government, Productions, Commerce, Manufactures, Curiosities, &c. of the several Countries, and of their important Civil Divisions-And the Longitude and Latitude, the Bearings and Distances, from noted Places, of the Cities, Towns, and Villages: with a particular description of the Georgia Western Territory. The Whole comprising upwards of seven thousand distinct articles. Collected and compiled from the best Authorities, and arranged with great Care, by, and under the direction of, Jedidiah Morse, D. D. Author of the American Universal Geography-Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences-And Member of the Massachussetts Historical Society. Illustrated with seven new and improved maps. To which are added, Facts and Calculations respecting the Population and Territory of the United States of America. Published according to Act of Congress.
Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826.Date: 1798