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

People / Organizations

• John Houghton (Author)
• David Lyon ("printed for")

Imprint

London: printed for Woodman and Lyon in Russel-Street, Covent Garden, M,DCC,XXVII. [i.e. 1727-28]

Publication year

1727-1728

ESTC No.

T69068

Grub Street ID

293165

Description

4 v. ; 8°.

Note

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 under the title 'A collection for improvement of husbandry and trade'

Titlepages in red and black. "In three volumes." is replaced by the volume number in v.2-4.