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Two letters wherein the sovereignty of the British seas, and that the sole right of fishing in them, appertaineth to the King of Great-Britain, &c. is demonstratively maintain'd and Asserted; for Information of the Projectors of the new proposed Fishing-Company in Flanders. With remarks on the Dutch fisheries on our coasts and seas; and the great Advantages arising from them: with some account of the deficiencies of our sea-charts; and the Means whereby the same may be rectified at an easy Charge to the Publick. With a new map of the British coast and seas, including the Nymph Fishing Bank; with Account of two Voyages to it. Most Humbly Inscribed to the Rt. Hon. Sir John Barnard, Knt. Lord Mayor of London; and the Merchant-Adventurers, Insurers, and Mariners of Great-Britain and Ireland; By William Doyle, hidrographer.
Doyle, William, 1705?-Date: 1738- Pictures
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A man with a magic lantern (slide projector) on his back is walking along a country path. Lithograph by Gavarni, 1854.
Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866.Date: [1854]Reference: 578798i- Books
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The projector of the mine-adventure detected and laid open: or, a reply to Mr. Waller's pamphlet, entituled, The mine-adventure laid open. ...
Date: 1712- Books
The case of the eighteentth-century projector : entrepreneurs, engineers, and legitimacy at the Hanoverian court in Britain / A.J.G. Cummings and Larry Stewart.
Cummings, A. J. G.Date: 1991- Books
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The projector detected or, Some strictures, on the plan of Mr. James Rumsey's steam boat; by Englehart Cruse, of Baltimore. [Two lines of Scripture text]
Cruse, Englehart.Date: M,DCC,LXXXVIII. [1788]- Pictures
The English coffee house in Amsterdam, with people trading shares; with vignettes showing the rise and fall of the share price boom of 1720. Etching, ca. 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 812076iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.- Books
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The memorial history of Boston : including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630-1880 / Ed. by Justin Winsor. Issued under the business superintendence of the projector, Clarence F. Jewett.
Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897.Date: 1880-81- Books
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The state screen display'd; or, the projector at his last shift. In which the vicissitudes of his fortune, and the virtues of his gilded pacificks are fully delineated.
Stanhope, Philip Stanhope, Earl, 1712-1786.Date: MDCCXXXIV. [1734]- Books
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A Sketch of the life and character of the Reverend and Pious Mr Griffith Jones, late rector of Llanddowror in Carmarthenshire; The first projector and conductor of the welch circulating schools throughout the prinicipality of Wales.
Date: MDCCLXII. [1762]- Books
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The dumb projector: being a surprizing account of a trip to Holland made by Mr. Duncan Campbell. With The Manner of his Reception and Behaviour there. As also The various and diverting Occurrences that happened on his Departure.
Haywood, Eliza Fowler, 1693?-1756.Date: 1725- Books
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The projector's looking-glass, being the last dying words and confession of Sir Robert Marral, &c.&c. in an epistle to his associates, (wherein he makes a Confession of some Notorious Crimes, whereof he has long been suspected)[.]
Date: [1733]- Pictures
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A lecturer (William Kitchiner?) about to address a lecture on optics with the aid of candles, a telescope and magic lantern to a seated audience, he is interrupted by a Kentish hop merchant. Coloured etching, 1809, after G.M. Woodward.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.Date: [1809?]Reference: 15968i- Books
Projecto de lei a'cerca de saude publica; precedido do relatorio analytico da administração de saude militar, naval, e civil / [Joaquim Thomaz Valladares].
Valladares, Joaquim Thomaz.Date: [1841]- Pictures
Investors optimistically seek the protection of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, in the Dutch financial crisis of 1720, while others are irreversably ruined. Etching, 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 816028iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.- Pictures
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A cart laden with coins in sacks is dragged by a group of devils who are lashed by men armed with whips; representing William Wood's scheme to improve the Irish coinage. Engraving, 1724.
Date: 1724Reference: 575565i- Books
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The navy Royal: or a sea-cook turn'd projector. Containing a few thoughts, about manning our ships of war with the best of sailors, without violences, and in the most pleasing manner: According to the Fourth Article of a late Proposal, Publish'd by our Worthy Chaplain of Her Majesty's Ship the Lyme. By Barnaby Slush, Cook of the said Ship.
Slush, Barnaby.Date: 1709- Pictures
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An optical experiment using a giant lens to reflect sun-rays to create fire, with optical instruments scattered and fountains in a Baroque setting. Line engraving by C.N. Cochin the elder, 1737, after J. de La Jouë.
Lajoue, Jacques de, 1686 or 1687-1761Date: [1737]Reference: 15959i- Books
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Medecina sem medecina. Memoria ... 1a parte: considerações, ou ideas geraes ... servindo como: introducção ... á 2a parte: indicaçao de um plano de ensaio pratico de um projecto de reforma ... de toda a medecina / Por Jacinto Luis Amaral Frazão.
Frazão, Jacinto Luis Amaral.Date: 1843- Videos
From generation to generation. Part 3.
Date: 1938- Videos
From generation to generation. Part 2.
Date: 1938- Videos
From generation to generation. Part 1.
Date: 1938- Film
From generation to generation. Part 1.
Date: 1938- Film
From generation to generation. Part 3.
Date: 1938- Film
From generation to generation. Part 2.
Date: 1938- Books
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The club: or, a grey-cap for a green head. Containing maxims, advice, and cautions. Being a dialogue between a father and son. In which is Interspers'd the following Characters, Viz. Antiquary, Buffoon, Critic, Detractor, Envioso, Flatterer, Gamester, Hypocrite, Impertinent, Knave, Lawyer, Morose, Newsmonger, Opiniator, Projector, Quack, Rake, Swearer, Traveller, Usurer, Wiseman, Xantippe, Youth, Zany the Vintner. These Characters being merely intended, to expose Vice and Folly; let none pretend to a Key; nor seek for another's Picture, lest he find his own. For, Qui capit ille facit.
Puckle, James, 1667?-1724.Date: MDCCXXXVII. [1737]