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Samuel Hartlib his legacie : or an enlargement of the discourse of husbandry used in Brabant and Flaunders: wherein are bequeathed to the commonwealth of England, more outlandish and domestick experiments and secrets, in reference to universall husbandry

Hartlib, Samuel (1662); Dymock, Cressy; Child, Robert (1613-1654); Weston, Sir Richard (1591-1652)

1652

Consists chiefly of letters to Hartlib apparently written by Cressy Dymock, though the first is attributed by some authorities to Robert Child. cf. Dircks, Biographical memoir of Samuel Hartlib [1865]...

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A six weeks tour through the southern counties of England and Wales : in several letters to a friend

Young, Arthur (1741-1820)

1768

"Describing, particularly, I. The present state of agriculture and manufactures. II. The different methods of cultivating the soil. III. The success attending some late experiments on various grasses,...

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