A collection for the improvement of husbandry and trade : Consisting of many valuable materials relating to corn, cattle, coals, hops, wool, &c. With a compleat catalogue of the several sorts of earths, and their proper product; the best sorts of manure for each; with the art of draining and flooding of lands; as also full and exact histories of trades, as malting, brewing, &c. the description and structure of instruments for husbandry, and carriages, with the manner of their imrovement; an account of the rivers of England, &c. and how far they may be made navigable; of weights and measures, of woods, cordage, and metals; of building and stowage the vegetation of plants, &c. with many other useful particulars, communicated by several eminent members of the Royal Society, to the collector, John Houghton, F.R.S. Now revised, corrected, and published, with a preface and useful indexes, by Richard Bradley, F.R.S. and professor of botany in the University of Cambridge. In three volumes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Houghton, John, 1640-1705.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Animal industry--Early works to 1800.

Agriculture.

Agriculture--Economic aspects--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

Manuals (Handbooks) -- England -- 18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (4 v. )

Other Title:

Collection for the improvement of husbandry and trade.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for Woodman and Lyon in Russel-Street, Covent Garden, M,DCC,XXVII. [i.e. 1727 - 1728]

Notes:

In fact in four volumes: the fourth, dated 1728 and calling itself "Vol. IV" bears the title: 'Husbandry and trade improv'd: being a collection of many valuable materials'.

A collection of papers originally published in periodical form.

Titlepages in red and black.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Goldsmiths', 6508, Hanson 2n

English Short Title Catalog, T69068.

OCLC:

642664713