An account of several new inventions and improvements now necessary for England
in a discourse by way of letter to the Earl of Marlborough, relating to building of our English shipping, planting of oaken timber in the forrests, apportioning of publick taxes, the conservacy of all our royal rivers, in particular that of the Thames, the surveys of the Thames, &c. : Herewith is also published at large The proceedings relating to mill'd-lead-sheathing, and the excellency and cheapness of mill'd-Lead in preference to cast sheet-lead for all other purposes whatsoever. : Also A treatise of naval philosophy
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Author
Contributions
- Petty, William, Sir, 1623-1687 - Contributor
Publication
1691 - Printed for James Astwood, and are to be sold by Ralph Simpson at the Harp in St. Paul's Churchyard., London, England
Language
English
Word Count
33,000 words, Guess
Page Count
132 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL57624035M
- OCLC Control Number23708666
Alternate Titles
- Survey of the encroachments of the river Thames.
- Proceedings relating to mill'd-lead-sheathing.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Early English books online
Other Editions
- An account of several new inventions and improvements now necessary for England: in a discourse by way of letter to the Earl of Marlborough, relating to building of our English shipping, planting of oaken timber in the forrests, apportioning of publick taxes, the conservacy of all our royal rivers, in particular that of the Thames, the surveys of the Thames, &c. : Herewith is also published at large The proceedings relating to mill'd-lead-sheathing, and the excellency and cheapness of mill'd-Lead in preference to cast sheet-lead for all other purposes whatsoever. : Also A treatise of naval philosophy
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