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A comparative history of the increase and decrease of mankind in England, and several countries abroad, according to the different soils, situations, business of life, use of the non-naturals, &c. faithfully collected from, and attested by, above three hundred vouchers, and many of them for a long course of years, in two different periods. To which is added, a syllabus of the general states of health, air, seasons, and food for the last three hundred years; and also a meteorological discourse
Short, Thomas (1690?-1772)
1767
"Publicola's letters, taken from the Publick ledger and General evening post": p. 161-213.
A comparative history of the increase and decrease of mankind in England, and several countries abroad, according to the different soils, situations, business of life, use of the non-naturals, &c. faithfully collected from, and attested by, above three hundred vouchers, and many of them for a long course of years, in two different periods. To which is added, a syllabus of the general states of health, air, seasons, and food for the last three hundred years; and also a meteorological discourse
Short, Thomas (1690?-1772)
1767
"Publicola's letters, taken from the Publick ledger and General evening post": p. 161-213.
The natural, experimental, and medicinal history of the mineral waters of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire,particularly those of Scarborough : Wherein, they are carefully examined and compared, their contents discovered and divided, their uses shown and explained, and an account given of their discovery and alterations. Together with the natural history ofthe earths, minerals and fossils through which the chief of them pass. The groundless theories, and false opinions of former writers are exposed, and their reasonings demonstrated to be injudicious and inconclusive. To which are added, large marginal notes, containing a methodical abstract ofall the treatises hitherto published on these waters, with many observations and experiments
Short, Thomas (1690?-1772); Gyles, Fletcher (1741)
1734
A second part was published in Sheffield in 1740. With Royal Society order to print, Sept. 17, 1733. List of subscribers (8 pp.) after dedication. Errata on last page, above publisher's notice o...
The natural, experimental, and medicinal history of the mineral waters of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire,particularly those of Scarborough : Wherein, they are carefully examined and compared, their contents discovered and divided, their uses shown and explained, and an account given of their discovery and alterations. Together with the natural history ofthe earths, minerals and fossils through which the chief of them pass. The groundless theories, and false opinions of former writers are exposed, and their reasonings demonstrated to be injudicious and inconclusive. To which are added, large marginal notes, containing a methodical abstract ofall the treatises hitherto published on these waters, with many observations and experiments
Short, Thomas (1690?-1772); Gyles, Fletcher (1741)
1734
A second part was published in Sheffield in 1740. With Royal Society order to print, Sept. 17, 1733. List of subscribers (8 pp.) after dedication. Errata on last page, above publisher's notice o...
The natural, experimental, and medicinal history of the mineral waters of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire,particularly those of Scarborough : Wherein, they are carefully examined and compared, their contents discovered and divided, their uses shown and explained, and an account given of their discovery and alterations. Together with the natural history ofthe earths, minerals and fossils through which the chief of them pass. The groundless theories, and false opinions of former writers are exposed, and their reasonings demonstrated to be injudicious and inconclusive. To which are added, large marginal notes, containing a methodical abstract ofall the treatises hitherto published on these waters, with many observations and experiments
Short, Thomas (1690?-1772); Gyles, Fletcher (1741)
1734
A second part was published in Sheffield in 1740. With Royal Society order to print, Sept. 17, 1733. List of subscribers (8 pp.) after dedication. Errata on last page, above publisher's notice o...
The natural, experimental, and medicinal history of the mineral waters of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire,particularly those of Scarborough : Wherein, they are carefully examined and compared, their contents discovered and divided, their uses shown and explained, and an account given of their discovery and alterations. Together with the natural history ofthe earths, minerals and fossils through which the chief of them pass. The groundless theories, and false opinions of former writers are exposed, and their reasonings demonstrated to be injudicious and inconclusive. To which are added, large marginal notes, containing a methodical abstract ofall the treatises hitherto published on these waters, with many observations and experiments
Short, Thomas (1690?-1772); Gyles, Fletcher (1741)
1734
A second part was published in Sheffield in 1740. With Royal Society order to print, Sept. 17, 1733. List of subscribers (8 pp.) after dedication. Errata on last page, above publisher's notice o...
The natural, experimental, and medicinal history of the mineral waters of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire,particularly those of Scarborough : Wherein, they are carefully examined and compared, their contents discovered and divided, their uses shown and explained, and an account given of their discovery and alterations. Together with the natural history ofthe earths, minerals and fossils through which the chief of them pass. The groundless theories, and false opinions of former writers are exposed, and their reasonings demonstrated to be injudicious and inconclusive. To which are added, large marginal notes, containing a methodical abstract ofall the treatises hitherto published on these waters, with many observations and experiments
Short, Thomas (1690?-1772); Gyles, Fletcher (1741)
1734
A second part was published in Sheffield in 1740. With Royal Society order to print, Sept. 17, 1733. List of subscribers (8 pp.) after dedication. Errata on last page, above publisher's notice o...
A dissertation upon tea : explaining its nature and properties, by many new experiments, and demonstrating from philosophical principles, the various effects it has on different constitutions. To which is added the natural history of tea, and a detection of the several frauds used in preparing it. Also a discourse on the virtues of sage and water, and an enquiry into the reasons why the same food is not equally agreeable to all constitutions. In a letter to the Right Honourable Mary Lady Malton
Short, Thomas (1690?-1772); Malton, Lady Mary
1730
Indexed in: Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature, no. 6831.