Select essays: containing: The manner of raising and dressing flax, and hemp. Also, the whole method of bleaching or whitening linen-cloth. Likewise, observations on the management of cows and sheep. The manner of raising radishes, turnips, cabbage, and other such plants. And an enquiry, concerning the materials that may be used in making paper. With, valuable dissertations on other useful subjects. Collected from the Dictionary of arts and sciences, and from various modern authors. [One line in Latin from Virgil, with one line translation]
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Philadelphia : Printed, by Robert Bell, next door to St. Paul's Church, in Third-Street, Philadelphia, M,DCC,LXXVII. [1777]
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[8], 159, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 80.
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ESTC W3401
Evans, 15597
Rink, E. Technical Americana, 1097
Sabin, 78985
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