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An essay on weighing of gold, &c. : wherein is shewn an effectual method for discovering and detecting of counterfeit pieces of money, on the principles of hydrostatics : whereby not only gold coins but also all sorts of gold and silver plate may be weighed and the intrinsic value thereof ascertained to the greatest nicety : to which is prefixed a very extensive table wherein a great number of counterfeit pieces of metal, now circulating for genuine gold, are described / by William Symons ...
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Symons, William, active 1756.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coinage--Great Britain.
- Coinage.
- Counterfeits and counterfeiting.
- Great Britain.
- Counterfeits and counterfeiting--Great Britain.
- Gold--Assaying.
- Gold.
- Precious metals--Assaying.
- Precious metals.
- Physical Description:
- 2 unnumbered pages, vi pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 60 pages ; 21 cm (8vo)
- Edition:
- The second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for the author and sold by J. Nourse, bookseller ..., 1770.
- Notes:
- Edition statement precedes name of author on t.p.
- First published in 1756.
- Errata slip mounted on verso of t.p.
- Cited in:
- Higgs, H. Bib. of economics 5003
- OCLC:
- 16114715
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