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1142.
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The farmer's tour through the East of England Being the register of a journey through various counties of this Kingdom, to enquire into the state of agriculture, &c. Containing, I. The particular Methods of cultivating the Soil. II. The Conduct of live Stock, and the modern System of Breeding. III. The State of Population, the Poor, Labour, Provisions, &c. IV. The Rental and Value of the Soil, and its Division into Farms, with various Circumstances attending their Size and State. V. The Minutes of above five hundred original Experiments, communicated by several of the Nobility, Gentry, &c. With Other Subjects that tend to explain the present State of English Husbandry. By the author of the Farmer's letters, and the Tours through the North and South of England. In Four Volumes. ... by Language: English
Publication details: London printed for W. Strahan; W. Nicoll, No. 51. St, Paul's Church-Yard; B. Collins, at Salisbury; and J. Balfour, Edinburgh MDCCLXXI. [1771]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (4)Collection, call number: REGIONAL OCTAVO 1771 YOUNG VOL. 1, ...
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1143.
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A six weeks tour, through the southern counties of England and Wales Describing, particularly, I. The present state of agriculture and manufactures. II. The different Methods of cultivating the Soil. III. The Success attending some late Experiments on various Grasses, &c. IV. The Prices of Labour and Provisions. V. The state of the working poor in those Counties, wherein the Riots were most remarkable. With descriptions and copper-plates, of such newly invented Implements of Husbandry as deserve to be generally known: interspersed With Accounts of the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, and other Objects worthy of Notice. By the author of the Farmer's letters by
Edition: The third edition, corrected and enlarged Language: English
Publication details: London printed for W. Strahan; W. Nicoll, No. 51, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; T. Cadell, in the Strand; B. Collins, at Salisbury; and J. Balfour, at Edinburgh MDCCLXXII. [1772]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: OCTAVO 1772 YOUNG.
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1144.
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Observations on reversionary payments on schemes for providing annuities for widows, and for persons in old age; on The Method of Calculating the Values of Assurances on Lives; and on The National Debt. To which are added, four essays On different Subjects in the Doctrine of Life-Annuities and Political Arithmetick. Also, an appendix and supplement, Containing additional Observations, and a complete Set of Tables; particularly, several new Tables of the Probabilities of Life in different Situations, and of the Values of Annuities on Lives. The third edition, much enlarged. By Richard Price, D. D. F. R. S. by Language: English
Publication details: London printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand M.DCC.LXXIII. [1773]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: OCTAVO 1773 PRICE.
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1145.
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A new system of husbandry From experiments never before made public. With tables shewing the expence and profit of each crop. How to stock Farms to the best Advantage. How the Crops are to follow each other by the Way of Rotation. Of Trench-Plowing, shewing how to raise good Crops without Manure. On Rearing, Breeding, and Feeding Cattle. Of a new discovered cheap Food for Cattle. A Description of a most valuable moving Sheep-House for eating Turnips on the Ground. Of Cabbage Husbandry. Of the Naked Wheat, &c. Of all Sorts of Manures, Marles, Clays, Sands, &c. With many chosen Receipts for the Cure of all Sorts of Cattle. All which are calculated both for the Profit and Amusement of the Country Gentleman and Farmer. To which are Annexed a few Hints particularly and humbly offered for the Perusal of the Legislature. By C. Varlo, Esq. In three volumes. ... by
Edition: The fourth edition Language: English
Publication details: London printed for the author [1774]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (3)Collection, call number: HUSBANDRY OCTAVO 1774 VARLO VOL. 1, ...
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1146.
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1147.
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1148.
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Hints to gentlemen of landed property By Nathaniel Kent, of Fulham by
Edition: The second edition Language: English
Publication details: London printed for J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall M.DCC.LXXVI. [1776]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: LANDOWNING & ESTATE MANAGEMENT OCTAVO 1776 KENT.
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1149.
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Practical measuring made easy to the meanest capacity by a new set of tables: ... With a preface, shewing the excellence of this new method of measuring, ... By E. Hoppus, ... The tenth edition. Greatly improved, by the following additions, I. New tables ... III. Some very curious observations ... by Language: English
Publication details: London printed, by assignment from the trustees of E. Wicksteed, for J. F. and C. Rivington, J. Hinton, S. Crowder, T. Caslon, B. Law, G. Robinson, R. Baldwin, and J. Taylor 1777
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: OCTAVO 1777 HOPPUS.
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1150.
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The new complete guide to all persons who have any Trade or Concern with the City of London and parts adjacent. Containing I. The Names of all the Streets, Squares, &c. in the said City, and within the Bills of Mortality. II. The Names and Situation of the Companies Halls, &c. within the said Bills of Mortality. III. The New Rates for Carmen, as settled by the Lord Mayor, &c. the 11th of July, 1757, and the Rates of Watermen, Hackney Coachmen, Chairmen, and Potters. IV. Rates of the General-Post, and Penny-Post Offices, where kept, and to what Places they send Letters and Parcels; and the Holidays kept at the Public Offices. V. An Account of the Coasting Vessels, &c. VI. An Account of all the Stage-Coaches, with the Fares of Passengers, Carriers, &c. where they inn. and when they go out. Vii. Of entering Goods at the Custom-House. Viii. The Names and Places of Abode of the most eminent Merchants and Traders in and about London. IX. List of the Lord-Mayor and Court of Aldermen of the City of London, with their Wards. X. Directors of the Bank of England, South-Sea and India Companies; Royal-Exchange Assurance; Sun-Fire-Office, and London Assurance; Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, of the Excise, and the Customs. Being The exactest Piece of the Kind hitherto published: And designed for the Use of Persons of All Degrees, as well Natives as Foreigners. with large Additions and Alterations And a new and accurate Plan of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Parts adjacent; also an exact Plan of the Royal-Exchange, shewing the several Walks or Places for transacting Business by the different Merchants, Traders, &c.
Edition: The fifteenth edition, .. Language: English
Publication details: [London] Printed for T. Longman, J. Rivington, J. Hinton, S. Crowder, T. Caslon; E. and C. Dilly; W. Stuart; S. Bladon; and R. Baldwin MDCCLXXVII. [1777]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: OCTAVO 1777 NEW.
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1151.
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A geometrical practical treatize named Pantometria diuided into three bookes, longimetra, planimetra, and stereometria, containing rules manifolde for mensuration of all lines, superficies and solides: with sundrie strange conclusions both by instrument and without, and also by glasses to set forth the true description or exact platte of an whole region. First published by Thomas Digges Esquire, and dedicated to the graue, wise, and honourable, Sir Nicholas Bacon ... With a mathematicall discourse of the fiue regular platonicall solides, and their metamorphosis into other fiue compound rare geometricall bodyes, conteyning an hundred newe theoremes at least of his owne inuention, neuer mentioned before by anye other geometrician. Lately reuiewed by the author himselfe, and augmented with sundrie additions, diffinitions, problemes and rare theoremes, to open the passage, and prepare away [sic] to the vnderstanding of his treatize of martiall pyrotechnie and great artillerie, hereafter to be published by Language: English
Publication details: At London printed by Abell Ieffes Anno. 1591
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: MATHS & SCIENCE QUARTO 1591 DIGGES.
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1152.
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The surueyor in foure bookes by Aaron Rathborne by Language: English
Publication details: London Printed by W: Stansby for, W: Burre 1616
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: QUARTO 1616 RATHBORNE.
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1153.
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A chorographicall description of all the tracts, riuers, mountains, forests, and other parts of this renowned isle of Great Britain with intermixture of the most remarkeable stories, antiquities, wonders, rarities, pleasures, and commodities of the same. Diuided into tw bookes; the latter containing twelue songs, neuer before imprinted. Digested into a poem by Michael Drayton. Esquire. With a table added, for direction to those occurrences of story and antiquitie, whereunto the course of the volume easily leades not by Language: English
Publication details: London printed [by Humphrey Lownes and Augustine Mathewes] for Iohn Marriott, Iohn Grismand, and Thomas Dewe 1622
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: REGIONAL OCTAVO 1622 DRAYTON.
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1154.
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The compleat surveyor containing the whole art of surveying of land, by the plain table, theodolite, circumferentor, and peractor: after a more easie, exact and compenious manner, then hath been hitherto published by any: ... Together with the taking of all manner of heights and distances, either accessible or in-accessible, the plotting and protracting of all manner of grounds, ... Also, how to take the plot of a whole mannor, to cast up the content, and to make a perfect chart of map thereof. All which particulars are performed three severall wayes, and by three severall instruments. Hereunto is added, the manner how to know whether water may be conveyed from a spring head to any appointed place or not, and how to effect the same: with whatsoever else is necessary to the art of surveying. By William Leybourn by Language: English
Publication details: London printed by R. & W. Leybourn, for E. Brewster and G. Sawbridge, and are to be sold at the signe of the Bible upon Ludgate hill, neer Fleet-bridge M.DCLIII. [1653]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: QUARTO 1653 LEYBOURN.
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1155.
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The compleat surveyor, containing the whole art of surveying of land By the plaine table, theodolite, circumferentor, peractor and other instruments, after a more easie, exact and compendious manner, then hath been hitherto published by any: the Plain Table being so contrived, that it alone will conveniently perform whatsoever may be done by any of the fore-mentioned instruments, or any other yet invented, with the same ease and exactness; and in many cases much better. Together with the taking of all manner of heights and distances, either accessible or in-accessible, the plotting and protracting of all manner of grounds, either small inclosures, champion plains, wood-lands, or any other mountainous and un-even grounds. Also, how to take the plot of a whole manor, to cast up to the conteut, and to make a perfect chart or map thereof. All which particulars are performed three several ways, and and [sic] by three several instruments. Hereunto is added a new way of surveying of land, by which a man may be satisfied whether his plot will close before he begins to protract the same, with the manner how to order such water colours as are necessary for the beautifying of maps and plots; also how to know whether water may be conveyed from a spring-head to any appointed place or not, and how to effect the same: with whatsoever else is necessary to the art of surveying. The second edition, with many additions. By William Leybourn by Language: English
Publication details: London printed by R. and W. Leybourn, for G. Sawbridge, at the signe of the Bible upon Ludg-gate-hill M.DC.LVII. 1657
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: QUARTO 1657 LEYBOURN.
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1156.
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The compleat surveyor containing the whole art of surveying of land, by plain table, circumferentor, theodolite, peractor, and other instruments. With divers kinds of mesurations, and matters pertinent to a work of this nature. The third edition, corrected and enlarged, with the addition of three entire books not before printed. The whole treatise being comprised in VII. books. An account of the particulars in each of them contained, is given in the preface to the reader. By William Leybourn philomathematicus by Language: English
Publication details: London printed by E. Flesher for George Sawbridge, at the sign of the Bible upon Ludgate-hill 1674
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: QUARTO 1674 LEYBOURN.
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1157.
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Systema agriculturae the mystery of husbandry discovered: treating of the several new and most advantagious ways of tilling, planting, sowing, manuring, ordering, improving of all sorts of gardens, orchards, meadows, pastures, corn-lands, woods & coppices. As also of fruits, corn, grain, pulse, new-hays, cattle, fowl, beasts, bees, silk-worms, &c. With an account of the several instruments and engines used in this profession. To which is added kalendarium rusticum: or, the husbandmans monthly directions. Also the prognosticks of dearth, scarcity, plenty, sickness, heat, cold, frost, snow, winds, rain, hail, thunder, &c. And dictionarium rusticum: or, the interpretation of rustick terms. The whole work being of great use and advantage to all that delight in that most noble practice. The second edition, carefully corrected and amended; with many large and useful additions throughout the whole work: by the author. Published for the common good: by J.W. Gent. by Language: English
Publication details: London printed by J[ames]. C[ottrell]. for T. Dring; and are to be sold by Charles Smith and Tho. Burrell, at the Angel neer the Inner-Temple-gate, and the Golden Ball under St. Dunstans Church in Fleet-street 1675
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: AGRICULTURE OCTAVO 1675 WORLIDGE.
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The compleat surveyor containing the whole art of surveying of the land, by the plain table, circumferentor, theodolite, peractor, and other instruments. With divers kinds of mensurations, and matters pertinent to a work of this nature. The whole treatise being comprise in VII. books. The fourth edition, corrected and much enlarged, an account whereof is given in the preface to the reader. By William Leybourn Philomathematicus by Language: English
Publication details: London printed by E. Flesher, for George Sawbridge, at the signe of the Bible on Ludgate-hill 1679
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: QUARTO 1679 LEYBOURN.
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1159.
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Geodaetes practicus redivivus The art of surveying: formerly publish'd by Vincent Wing, math. Now much augmented and improv'd; with an appendix thereunto subjoin'd, shewing the whole art of surveying by a new instrument, called the emperial table; performing exactly in all respects, and in all cases that can possibly happen in the practical part of surveying, the work of the theodolite, circumferentor, semi-circle, chard and needle. With the description and use of a new quadrant. To which is added by way of supplement, scientia stellarum: containing new and accurate tables of the planetary motions, whereby the planets places both in longitude and latitude, the places of the fixed stars, with the eclipses of the luminaries, are more easily attain'd, than by any yet extant. By John Wing, math. by Language: English
Publication details: London printed by J. Matthews, for Awnsham and John Churchill, at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster-Row MDCC. [1700]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: QUARTO 1700 WING.
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1160.
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The compleat surveyor or, the whole art of surveying of land, by a new instrument lately invented; As also by the Plain Table, Circumferentor, the Theodolite as now improv'd, or by the Chain only. Containing plain and easy directions in several kinds of mensurations, and Other Things necessary to be known in a Work of this Nature. By William Leybourn. The whole altered and amended, and Two entire Books added by the Author long before his Death. The fifth edition, in IX books. Every Operation both Geometrical & Arithmetical being examin'd, and an appendix Added to the Whole, Consisting of Practical Observations in Land Surveying, by Samuel Cunn by Language: English
Publication details: London printed for Samuel Ballard at the Blue Ball, and Aaron Ward at the King's Arms in Little Britain, and Tho. Woodward at the Half-Moon against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet 1722
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: QUARTO 1722 LEYBOURN.
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