Publications of John Houghton

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  • Houghton, John. England's great happiness. Or, A dialogue between content and complaint. Wherein is demonstrated that a great part of our complaints are causeless. And we have more wealth now, than ever we had at any time before the Restauration of his sacred Majestie. By a real and hearty lover of his King and countrey. London: printed by J.M. for Edward Croft, and are to be sold at the Printing-Press in Cornhill, 1677. ESTC No. R15629. Grub Street ID 63546.
  • Houghton, John. An account of a whale seventy four foot long, taken at Sutton, near Wisbish, on Tuesday March 14th, 1692/3. An abstract of a letter from Sutton near Wisbich, of a Whale taken there 74 foot long, whose mouth opens 15 foot, with same quaries about it. This whale 14 foot longer than that taken by Sir Anthony Dean, 1658. A whale judged to weigh 100 Tuns. A ... whose rafters and beams were of whale bone. A whales rib of such an arch , that a man on a camel did ride under it. A whale taken in Kent 232 yards long, with his description, and of others. Eight sorts of Whales with their description. A whale 30 ells long; whales cry when they engender, and bring forth their young alive. London: printed, and are to be sold by Randal Taylor, 1693. ESTC No. R8394. Grub Street ID 128568.
  • Houghton, John. An account of the acres & houses, with the proportional tax, &c. of each county in England and Wales, humbly presented to the Lords and Commons. London: printed for Randal Taylor, near Stationers-Hall, 1693. ESTC No. R13814. Grub Street ID 61888.
  • Houghton, John. 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. London: printed for Woodman and Lyon in Russel-Street, Covent Garden, M,DCC,XXVII. [i.e. 1727-28]. ESTC No. T69068. Grub Street ID 293165.
  • Houghton, John. Husbandry and trade improv'd: being a collection of many valuable materials relating to corn, cattle, coals, hops, wool, &c. With a complete catalogue of the several sorts of earths, ... 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, ... In four volumes. The second edition.. London: printed for Woodman and Lyon, 1728. ESTC No. T68452. Grub Street ID 292640.