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Commercial tables . Exhibiting a View of the Weights, Measures, Coins, and Monies of France, compared and equalized with those of Great Britain. Containing Tables of French and English Weights, - of English and French ditto, - of French and English Cloth Measure, - of English and French ditto, - of ditto . . . ditto . . Dry Measure, - of ditto . . . ditto . . Liquid Measure, - of Coins, - of Money. Exchanges; comprehending Eighty-One different Rates, being all the Variations which occur in the practice of Exchange, from 27 to 32 inclusive, from 1 Livre to 30 Thousand; And a General Table from 40 Thousand to 1 Million. A Ready Reckoner in French Money. A General Table of Duties payable on Goods and Merchandize Imported from France. Forms of Bills of Exchange-French and English. To which is added, an ample Extract from the Commercial Treaty concluded with France the 26th of September 1786, in the French and English Languages. By a British merchant, formerly resident in France.
British Merchant.Date: 1790- Archives and manuscripts
Henry Wellcome Letter Book 2 ['HSW Private No.2' with key]
Date: 17 Apr 1888 - May 1890Reference: WF/E/01/01/02Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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The census of Great Britain in 1851 : comprising an account of the numbers and distribution of the people, their ages, conjugal condition, occupations, and birthplace, with returns of the blind, the deaf-and-dumb, and the inmates of public institutions, and an analytical index : reprinted, in a condensed form, from the official reports and tables.
Great Britain. General Register Office.Date: 1854- Books
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Devonshire hospital and Buxton Bath charity : instituted for the relief of poor persons from all parts of Great Britain and Ireland suffering from rheumatism, gout, sciatica, and neuralgia ; pains, weakness or contractions of joints or limbs, arising from these diseases, or from sprains, fractures, or other local injuries ; chronic forms of paralysis ; dropped hands, and other poisonous effects of lead, mercury, or other minerals ; spinal affections ; dyspeptic complaints, uterine obstructions, etc. etc. ; supported by annual subscriptions and voluntary contributions : annual report for the year 1881 ; completion of the hospital extension ; action and purpose of the governors of the cotton districts convalescent fund ; management, history, annual statement, accounts, meteorological report and tables, rules and regulations, list of subscriptions and benefactions &c., Bath charity report for 1785, and copies of conveyances of hospital and baths from the Duke of Devonshire to the trustees.
Devonshire Royal Hospital (Buxton, Derbyshire, England)Date: 1882- Books
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The evolution of Greater Britain's antiseptic house & town sewage-drainage systems of the twentieth century and after - for all time : with descriptions of the inherent defects of the 19th century systems and how to overcome those defects at great saving of expense : in an address to the President of the Local Government Board, pleading for a reform of the prevailing methods with explanatory, illustrative and critical appendices, copious drawings and diagrams, and full hydraulic, pneumatic and thermo-dynamical tables, corrected to the present date / by Isaac Shone.
Shone, Isaac.Date: 1914- Books
The Tudor kitchen : what the Tudors ate & drank / Terry Breverton.
Breverton, Terry, 1946-Date: [2015]- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 9
Date: May 1905 - Feb 1906Reference: WF/E/01/01/09Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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Address to the sovereigns of Europe etc. etc. In two parts. By Obadia Prim. Part second. The first part contains an Appeal to the Sovereigns of Europe, to Proprietors, Merchants and all Well - wishers of social order - with a sketch of the Conduct of the Legislators of France during the Revolution. The second part contains a Letter to Bnonaparte on his Military and Political Conduct - To which are annexed I0 The principles of morality as decreed and acknowledged by the different legislative bodies of France. II0 A summary, in order of dates, of the most remarkable crimes committeed since the beginning of the Revolution - a table of the contributions, requisitions, forced loans etc.
Winsor, F. A. (Frederick Albert), 1763-1830.Date: [1798]- Books
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The London dispensatory : a practical synopsis of materia medica, pharmacy, and therapeutics : Illustrated with many useful tables, and woodcuts of the pharmaceutical apparatus / by Anthony Todd Thomson ; edited by Alfred Baring Garrod.
Date: 1852- Books
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The farmer's and corn-buyer's assistant; containing I. Tables wherein the value of any quantity of corn, from a Bushel to twenty Comb, in what is termed Full, or Bare Measure, (at any Rate per Comb, from Three Shillings, increasing by Three-Halfpence per Comb, to Thirty Shillings) may be had in less than a quarter of a minute. II. Tables for Malt-Retailers; in which is shewn the Value of any Quantity of Malt, from a Comb to a Quarter of a Peck, and from Sixteen Shillings per Comb, decreasing by the most usual Prices, to Four Shillings. III. Tables wherein is shown the value of any number of yards or pounds, (from One to One Hundred) from One Farthing per Yard or Pound to Three Shillings, increasing at One Farthing per Yard or Pound. The Whole calculated and examined- by Richard Harvey, School-Master, in Bungay.
Harvey, Richard, school-master.Date: 1764- Pictures
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A man suffering from attack by blue devils; representing depression or mental illness. Coloured etching after R. Newton, 1795.
Newton, Richard, 1777-1798.Reference: 11867i- Books
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The merchants and traders guide, or new and complete tables of the net duties payable, and drawbacks allowed, on certain goods, Wares, and Merchandize, imported, exported, or carried coastwise: together with a list of the bounties. Published under the inspection of Mr. Thomas Michael Barker , of the custom house, London. Likewise A Table of the Net Duties, Allowances, Bounties, and Drawbacks, in the Excise; together with the Licences necessary to be taken out by those Persons dealing in Exciseable Commodities: together with an enumeration of the stamp duties, Agreeable to the Consolidation Act of 27 Geo. III. With the Alterations and Amendments Of the Last Session. The Whole Alphabetically Arranged. To which is added, for Convenience of the Merchant, a complete table of the duties of customs, and excise on wine; Calculated from a Gallon to a Tun: with a table of the duty of customs on vinegar.
Date: M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787]- Books
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The irish comes commercii, or trader's - companion. Containing I. Exact and useful tables, shewing the Value of any Quantity of Goods or Wares ready cast up, more adapted to Merchants Use, than any other extant. Calculated by Edward Hatton, gent. And carefully corrected by Nicholas Grant, Philomath. II. The tables of exchange and coin calculated, and tables of interest corrected by John Watson, bookseller.
Hatton, Edward, 1664?-Date: M,DCC,XXXIX. [1739]- Pictures
William Cobbett surrounded by flames and beset by ghosts and the devil starts back in his chair overturning his writing-table and dropping his pen. Etching by J. Gillray, 1809.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 29 September 1809Reference: 603156iPart of: The life of William Cobbett, - written by himself- Books
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Total abolition of personal restraint in the treatment of the insane. A lecture on the management of lunatic asylums, and the treatment of the insane; delivered at the Mechanics' Institution, Lincoln, on the 21st of June, 1838; with statistical tables, ... / by Robert Gardiner Hill.
Date: [1839]- Archives and manuscripts
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Minutes and Special Reports
Date: 1913-1917Reference: DGH1/2/1/6/2Part of: Records of Crichton Royal Hospital- Books
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A guide to the lottery; or, the laws of chance laid down in a plain and intelligible manner, wherein is shewn the probabilities arising from any proposed circumstance of play; applied to the Solution of a Variety of curious Questions relating to Cards, Dice, Lotteries, &c. Likewise The whole Business of insuring Tickets in the State Lottery clearly explained, the several Advantages taken by the Office-Keepers pointed out, and an easy Method given, whereby any Person may compute the Probability of his Success upon purchasing or insuring any particular Number of Tickets, with a Table of the Price of Insurance for every Day's drawing in the ensuing Lottery, another Table, containing the Number of Tickets a Person ought to purchase to make it an equal Chance to have any particular Prize; with several other curious Tables. To which is added a companion for the draught-player, Containing Thirty select Games of Draughts, shewing the Manner of moving the Pieces to the best Advantage; together with several critical Situations to win Games, and fine Strokes, never before published: being the Result of the Practice and Observations of some of the first Players. By W. Painter.
Painter, W.Date: MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]- Archives and manuscripts
Unsigned paper arguing for lower duties on medicinal plants imported from the East to Great Britain
Date: Late 18th century - early 19th centuryReference: MS.7226/1Part of: Medicinal Plants: miscellany- Books
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The banker's sure guide: or, monied man's assistant. In three parts, viz. I. Tables of interest for any Sum, at the current Prices of 2, 21/2, 3, 31/2, 4, 41/2, and 5 per Cent. from 1 to 90 and 300 Days, and from 1 Month to a Year. II. Sundry tables. shewing the Value of Annuities certain, and Annuities on Lives, founded on the most rational Probabilities; how to find the Value of two or more Lives, joint Lives, Reversions, Advowsons, Presentations, &c. in the most approved Methods now in Use. III. A large and accurate table of commission or Brokerage, from 1/8 to 27/3 per Cent. rising progressively only 1/8 per Cent. at a Time. - Also, of 8, 9, 10, and 11 per Cent which together may be readily applied to Exchanges to Ireland. To which is prefixed, by way of introduction, a new and comprehensive treatise on decimals; How to calculate the Interest of Money in the Public Funds, the Value of Stock, &c. The second edition, carefully corrected. By S. Thomas, Author of the British Negociator, or Foreign Exchanges made easy.
Slack, Thomas, 1718 or 1719-1784.Date: 1768- Books
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Tackling obesities - future choices. Food chain Industries perspectives on the future / Government Office for Science.
Date: 2007- Books
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An historical list of horse-matches, plates and prizes, run for in Great-Britain and Ireland, in the year 1769. Containing, I. The names of the owners of the horses that have run as above, and the names and colours of the horses also. II. The winner distinguished of every match, plate, prize, or stakes. III. The conditions of running, as to weights, age, &c. and the places in which the losing horses have come in. IV. A Table of weights that horses are to carry for give-and-take plates, from twelve to fifteen hands high. V. A List of stallions who covered in 1769. VI. A List of stallions to cover in 1770. Vii. A List of the principal cock - matches of the present year, and who were the winners and losers of them, &c. &c. &c. With an Index to the whole. By B. Walker. Vol.I.
Walker, B., active 1770.Date: M,DCC,LXX. [1770]- Books
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An exact list of the Lords spiritual and temporal distinguishing by the following marks - The Knights of the Garter; Knights of the Bath, - - The Peers of Scotland; Knts of the Thistle, - - Those under Age; - Who don't sit in the House; - Protesters against the Hessian Troops, in 1730. -against the Salt Bill. p.c. Privy Counselors; f for, a against Enquiry into S. S. Company's Affairs 1733. - Protestors in the Year 1734. Also a Compleat Alphabetical Double List, I. The Counties, Cities, and Boroughs, with their Representatives against each: p. 10-19 II. The Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses of the present Parliament, Summon'd to meet June 17, 1734. with the Places of their Abode; shewing also (the Places they represent,) The new Members. (2, 3 &c.) how many Parliaments the Old have served in; (p or c) Those who voted pro or con about the Hessian troops in 1730. - For the Excise Bill, 1733. - For continuing the Septennial Bill, 1734. - For both - Against the Excise, 1733. - Against continuing the Septennial Bill. 1734 - Against both To which are added, The Members of the last Parliament not chose again, the Petitioners for Seats in this; the Trustees for Georgia, with their Places of Abode, and a Curious Table of Bishops.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords.Date: 1736- Books
The Royal Society in the XIXth century : being a statistical summary of its labours during the last thirty-five years. With many original tables and official documents (never before published) shewing the constitution of the Society - the character of its fellows - its various proceedings - and pecuniary expenditure for "improving natural knowledge;" and a plan for its reform. To which are added, alphabetical and seniority lists of the fellows since the year 1800 (arranged purposely for this occasion) / by A.B. Granville.
Granville, A. B. (Augustus Bozzi), 1783-1872.Date: 1836- Books
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Every man his own broker: or, a guide to Exchange-Alley. In which the nature of the several funds, vulgarly called stocks, is clearly explained. And The Mystery and Iniquity of Stock-Jobbing laid before the Public in a New and Impartial Light. Also The Method of Transferring Stock, and of Buying and Selling the several Government Securities, without the Assistance of a Broker, is made intelligible to the meanest Capacity: and an Account is given of the Laws in force relative to Brokers, Clerks at the Bank, &c. To which is added, new tables of interest on India Bonds, calculated at 5 per Cent. - Directions how to avoid the Losses that are frequently sustained by the Destruction of Bank Notes, India Bonds, &c. by Fres and other Accidents. And an Appendix, giving some Account of Banking, and of the Sinking Fund. - With a Copper-Plate Table, shewing the intrinsic Value of the several Funds, and the Proportion they bear to each other, by which any Person may immediately know which is the cheapest to purchase. The fourth edition, by T. Mortimar.
Mortimer, Thomas, 1730-1810.Date: M.DCC.LXI. [1761]- Books
Shaws' manual of the vaccination law : containing the statutes, orders, and regulations, with introduction, notes and index / by a barrister-at-law.
Great Britain.Date: 1887