An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volumen1S. Doig and A. Stirling, 1817 - 513 páginas |
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... wheat results as much from the industry of the reaper who gathers it in , of the thrasher who separates it from the chaff and straw , of the miller and baker who converts it suc cessively into flour and bread , as it does from that of ...
... wheat results as much from the industry of the reaper who gathers it in , of the thrasher who separates it from the chaff and straw , of the miller and baker who converts it suc cessively into flour and bread , as it does from that of ...
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... wheat is at twelve shil- lings the quarter , says an ancient statute of Henry III , then wastel bread of a farthing shall weigh eleven shil- lings and four pence . The proportion , however , be- tween the shilling , and either the penny ...
... wheat is at twelve shil- lings the quarter , says an ancient statute of Henry III , then wastel bread of a farthing shall weigh eleven shil- lings and four pence . The proportion , however , be- tween the shilling , and either the penny ...
Página 209
... wheat at the Windsor market was £ 1 : 18 : 3d . the quarter of nine Win- chester bushels . But in the twelve years preceding 1764 , including that year , the average price of the same measure of the best wheat at the same market was £ 2 ...
... wheat at the Windsor market was £ 1 : 18 : 3d . the quarter of nine Win- chester bushels . But in the twelve years preceding 1764 , including that year , the average price of the same measure of the best wheat at the same market was £ 2 ...
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... wheat . acre of potatoes is cultivated with less expense than an acre of wheat ; the fallow , which generally pre- cedes the sowing of wheat , more than compensating the hoeing and other extraordinary culture which is always given to ...
... wheat . acre of potatoes is cultivated with less expense than an acre of wheat ; the fallow , which generally pre- cedes the sowing of wheat , more than compensating the hoeing and other extraordinary culture which is always given to ...
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... wheat in Eng- land seems not to have been estimated lower than four ounces of silver , Tower weight , equal to about ... wheat should no- where be estimated higher than tenpence a - bushel , and that it should always be in the option of ...
... wheat in Eng- land seems not to have been estimated lower than four ounces of silver , Tower weight , equal to about ... wheat should no- where be estimated higher than tenpence a - bushel , and that it should always be in the option of ...
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