Essays on Mankind and Political Arithmetic

About this eBook

Author

Petty, William, Sir, 1623-1687

Credits

Transcribed from the Cassell & Co. edition by David Price

Language

English

LoC Class

HB: Social sciences: Economic theory, Demography

Subject

London (England) -- Population

Category

Text

eBook-No.

5619

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5619

Release Date

May 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ESSAYS ON MANKIND AND POLITICAL ARITHMETIC
2. 2.INTRODUCTION.
3. 3.THE STATIONER TO THE READER.
4. 4.THE PRINCIPAL POINTS OF THIS DISCOURSE.
5. 5.OF THE GROWTH OF THE CITY OF LONDON: — POSTSCRIPT.
6. 6.FURTHER OBSERVATION UPON THE DUBLIN BILLS; — THE STATIONER TO THE READER.
7. 7.OBSERVATIONS UPON THE DUBLIN BILLS OF MORTALITY, 1681: AND THE STATE OF THAT CITY. — Observations upon the Table A . — Observations upon the Table B . — Observations upon the Table C . — TABLE A—YEARLY BILLS OF MORTALITY FOR — TABLE B.—DUBLIN. — TABLE C. — A WEEKLY BILL OF MORTALITY FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN, Ending the XXX day of XXX 1681. [75] — A QUARTERLY BILL OF MORTALITY, Beginning XXX and ending XXX for the City of DUBLIN [76] — AN ACCOUNT OF THE PEOPLE OF DUBLIN FOR ONE YEAR, Ending the 24th of March, 1681. [77] — CASUALTIES AND DISEASES. — A POSTSCRIPT TO THE STATIONER.
8. 8.TWO ESSAYS IN POLITICAL ARITHMETIC, — TO THE KING’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. — AN ESSAY IN POLITICAL ARITHMETIC — AN ESSAY IN POLITICAL ARITHMETIC,
9. 9.OBSERVATIONS UPON THE CITIES OF LONDON AND ROME.
10. 10.FIVE ESSAYS IN POLITICAL ARITHMETIC. — TO THE KING’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY — THE FIRST ESSAY. — THE SECOND ESSAY. — THE THIRD ESSAY. — The First Way . — The Second Way . — The Third Way . — THE FOURTH ESSAY. — Observations on the said Eight Cities . — THE FIFTH ESSAY.
11. 11.OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND. — Vide Scheme A. — SCHEME A. — Vide Scheme B. — SCHEME B. — SCHEME B ( continued ). — Vide Scheme C. — SCHEME C. — Vide Scheme D. — SCHEME D.—A SCHEME OF THE INCOME AND EXPENSE OF THE SEVERAL FAMILIES OF ENGLAND, CALCULATED FOR THE YEAR 1688. [148] — A Scheme for Setting the Poor to Work .
12. 12.FOOTNOTES.

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