The Petty papers ; some unpublished writings of Sir William Petty / edited from the Bowood papers by the Marquis of Lansdowne.

Author/creator Petty, William
Other author Lansdowne, Henry William Edmund Petty-FitzMaurice, Marquess of, 1872-1936.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon : Constable & Co.; Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1927.
Description2 volumes : frontispiece (portrait facsimiles) ; 23 cm

Contents I. Introduction and biographical calendar. Government. London. Ireland. Irish land registry. Religion. Dictionary. Statistical. Trade. Interest. King James II -- II. Education. Philosophy. Multiplication of mankind. Military. Wool warfare. Dublin Philosophical Society. American plantations. Forestry. Pumps. Sweetening sea water. The pacing saddle. Medical. Miscellaneous. Observations. Verses. Lists of writings. On the disputed authorship of the London bills of mortality. Parallel passages in the London observations and Petty's unpublished writings. A list of Sir William Petty's printed works. Index.
LCCN 28013391

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