The Works of Adam Smith, LL.D. and F.R.S. of London and Edinburgh: The nature and causes of the wealth of nationsT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1812 |
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... pounds of pins in a day . There are in a pound upwards of four thousand pins of a middling fize . Thofe ten perfons , therefore , could make among them upwards of forty - eight thousand pins in a day . Each perfon , therefore , making a ...
... pounds of pins in a day . There are in a pound upwards of four thousand pins of a middling fize . Thofe ten perfons , therefore , could make among them upwards of forty - eight thousand pins in a day . Each perfon , therefore , making a ...
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... pound weight of pure filver , or pure copper , might receive in exchange for their goods , an adulterated compofition of the coarseft and cheapest materials , which had , however , in their outward appearance , been made to resemble ...
... pound weight of pure filver , or pure copper , might receive in exchange for their goods , an adulterated compofition of the coarseft and cheapest materials , which had , however , in their outward appearance , been made to resemble ...
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... pound of good copper . It was divided in the fame manner as our Troyes pound , into twelve ounces , each of which contained a real ounce of good copper . The English pound fterling in the time of Edward I. contained a pound , Tower ...
... pound of good copper . It was divided in the fame manner as our Troyes pound , into twelve ounces , each of which contained a real ounce of good copper . The English pound fterling in the time of Edward I. contained a pound , Tower ...
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... pound on the other , feems not to have been fo conftant and uniform as that between the penny and the pound . During the firft race of the kings of France , the French fou or fhilling appears upon different occafions to have contained ...
... pound on the other , feems not to have been fo conftant and uniform as that between the penny and the pound . During the firft race of the kings of France , the French fou or fhilling appears upon different occafions to have contained ...
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... pound and penny about a thirty - fixth ; and the French pound and penny about a fixty - fixth part of their original value . By means of those operations the princes and fovereign ftates which performed them were enabled , in appearance ...
... pound and penny about a thirty - fixth ; and the French pound and penny about a fixty - fixth part of their original value . By means of those operations the princes and fovereign ftates which performed them were enabled , in appearance ...
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