The Pamphleteer, Volume 4Abraham John Valpy A. J. Valpy., 1814 - Great Britain |
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... WEIGHTS , and COINS . By MERCATOR . PAGE 131 171 VIII . An INQUIRY into the POLICY , EFFICI- ENCY , and CONSISTENCY , of the ALTERATIONS in our CORN LAWs , which have been lately proposed to Parliament , in a Letter to SIR H. PARNELL ...
... WEIGHTS , and COINS . By MERCATOR . PAGE 131 171 VIII . An INQUIRY into the POLICY , EFFICI- ENCY , and CONSISTENCY , of the ALTERATIONS in our CORN LAWs , which have been lately proposed to Parliament , in a Letter to SIR H. PARNELL ...
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... Weights , and Measures , & c . & c . & c . By CALCULATOR . [ Original . ] IV . JUDGE FLETCHER'S Charge to the Grand Jury of the County of Wexford , delivered at the Summer Assizes , PAGE , 301 311 369 July , 1814 , and containing a ...
... Weights , and Measures , & c . & c . & c . By CALCULATOR . [ Original . ] IV . JUDGE FLETCHER'S Charge to the Grand Jury of the County of Wexford , delivered at the Summer Assizes , PAGE , 301 311 369 July , 1814 , and containing a ...
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... weight and measure . have not a shadow of doubt on that head myself ; weight is the only true standard of the quality of corn ; the hea , viest wheat in the smallest compass will always yield the greatest proportion , of nutritive ...
... weight and measure . have not a shadow of doubt on that head myself ; weight is the only true standard of the quality of corn ; the hea , viest wheat in the smallest compass will always yield the greatest proportion , of nutritive ...
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... weight and measure , ( in which , however , the former is to be the legal and preponderating standard , ) will pro- hably be found most efficient and practicable . The vast variety of both measures and weights which have acquired a sort ...
... weight and measure , ( in which , however , the former is to be the legal and preponderating standard , ) will pro- hably be found most efficient and practicable . The vast variety of both measures and weights which have acquired a sort ...
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... weights , troy and avoirdupoise . The pound troy consist- ing of 12 ounces ; each ounce of 20 pennyweights ; and each pennyweight of 32 grains of wheat gathered in the middle of the ear , and well dried . This weight , established by ...
... weights , troy and avoirdupoise . The pound troy consist- ing of 12 ounces ; each ounce of 20 pennyweights ; and each pennyweight of 32 grains of wheat gathered in the middle of the ear , and well dried . This weight , established by ...
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