Tracts on docks and commerce, printed between the years 1793 & 1800: with an intr., memoir, and miscellaneous pieces1839 |
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... smaller tracts relating to the Docks being out of print , and being at this time of little value , it has not been thought worth while to reprint them . Having had some leisure , and wishing to make myself useful to society , I ...
... smaller tracts relating to the Docks being out of print , and being at this time of little value , it has not been thought worth while to reprint them . Having had some leisure , and wishing to make myself useful to society , I ...
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... small beginnings often lead to greater efforts , I was , in 1791 , induced to join with some friends in endeavouring to pro- cure a good collection of the history and plans of the canals of this country , with a view of forming a ...
... small beginnings often lead to greater efforts , I was , in 1791 , induced to join with some friends in endeavouring to pro- cure a good collection of the history and plans of the canals of this country , with a view of forming a ...
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... small an area for water compared with the great num- ber of houses upon it , and part of them upon a rising ground . These docks were commenced on the 3d of May , 1827 , and opened on the 25th October , 1828. Thomas Tooke , Esq . was ...
... small an area for water compared with the great num- ber of houses upon it , and part of them upon a rising ground . These docks were commenced on the 3d of May , 1827 , and opened on the 25th October , 1828. Thomas Tooke , Esq . was ...
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... small scale , we are unrivalled . There are few countries that possess so much valuable statistical knowledge as Great Britain , from her parliamen- tary and other reports and publications on the state of agriculture , commerce ...
... small scale , we are unrivalled . There are few countries that possess so much valuable statistical knowledge as Great Britain , from her parliamen- tary and other reports and publications on the state of agriculture , commerce ...
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... small allotments of land , let out at an easy rent to the industrious and labouring class of society , has afforded great aid and relief to those that would have been much distressed if it had not been for such resources ; and no less ...
... small allotments of land , let out at an easy rent to the industrious and labouring class of society , has afforded great aid and relief to those that would have been much distressed if it had not been for such resources ; and no less ...
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