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Sir William Petty (1623-1687)

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Type of entity: Person

Name: Sir William Petty

Date of birth: 1623

Date of death: 1687

Source of information: Special Collections

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1710-19 1719/PET: Sir William Petty's political survey of Ireland : with the establishment of that kingdom when the late Duke of Ormond was Lord Lieutenant : and also an exact list of the present peers, members of Parliament, and principal officers of state : to which is added, an account of the wealth and expences of England, and the method of raising taxes in the most equal manner, shewing likewise that England can bear the charge of four millions per ann when the occasions of the Government require it

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BC Pol/HAL: An account of several new inventions and improvements now necessary for England : in a discourse by way of letter to the Earl of Marlbourgh... Herewith is also published at large The proceedings relating to the mill'd-lead-sheathing ... Also A treatise of naval philosophy

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BC Pol/PET: A treatise of taxes & contributions : shewing the nature and measures of crown-lands, assessements, customs, poll-moneys... : with several intersperst discourses and digressions concerning warres, the church, universities, rents & purchases ... : the same being frequently applied to the present state and affairs of Ireland

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BC Pol/PET: Several essays in political arithmetick : the titles of which follow in the ensuing pages

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BC Pol/PET: Sir William Petty's political survey of Ireland : with the establishment of that kingdom when the late Duke of Ormond was Lord Lieutenant : and also an exact list of the present peers, members of Parliament, and principal officers of state : to which is added, an account of the wealth and expences of England, and the method of raising taxes in the most equal manner, shewing likewise that England can bear the charge of four millions per ann when the occasions of the Government require it

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BC Pol/PET: The political anatomy of Ireland : with the establishment for that kingdom when the late Duke of Ormond was lord lieutenant, taken from the records. To which is added Verbum sapienti, or, An account of the wealth and expences of England, and the method of raising taxes in the most equal manner

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BC Pol/PET: The present state of England. Part III. and part IV : Containing; I. An account of the riches, strength, magnificence, natural production, manufactures of this island, with an exact catalogue of the nobility, and their seats, &c. II. The trade and commerce within it self, and with all countries traded to by the English, as at this day established, and all other matters relating to inland and marine affairs. Supplying what is omitted in the two former parts, useful for natives and foreiners

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BC Sc/PET: The discourse made before the Royal Society : concerning the use of duplicate proportion... together with a new hypothesis of springing or elastique motions

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Economics A-0.06/PET: Political arithmetick : or A discourse concerning the extent and value of lands, people, buildings... as the same relates to every country in general, but more particularly to the territories of His Majesty of Great Britain, and his neighbours of Holland, Zealand, and France

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Economics B-2.121/GRA: Natural and political observations mentioned in a following index, and made upon the bills of mortality : with reference to the government, religion, trade, growth, ayre, diseases, and the several changes of the said city

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Large Bibliography A-0.02/ROX: The double bottom or twin-hulled ship of Sir William Petty

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Whitaker Collection 3 fol: The province of Connought

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Whitaker Collection 3 fol: The province of Leinster

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Whitaker Collection 3 fol: The province of Ulster