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Ways and means for the suppression of knavery : and to raise great sums of money for the government's use, without any new taxation, and save, to all His Majesty's honest subjects, near half a million of money annually, by virtue of selling weight and measure in due proportion : most humbly address'd to the King, Lords, and Commons /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Robe, Thomas, -1746
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : [publisher not identified], 1745.
Series:	Making of the modern world (Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature)
Subjects:	Weights and measures > Standards > Great Britain. Weights and measures > Law and legislation > Great Britain. Great Britain > Officials and employees. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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