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... tons , in consequence of reading a petition to the Houses of Parliament in 1750 against a Bill for encouraging the Importation of Iron from our American Colonies . It was from " the tanners of leather in and about the town of Sheffield ...
... tons , in consequence of reading a petition to the Houses of Parliament in 1750 against a Bill for encouraging the Importation of Iron from our American Colonies . It was from " the tanners of leather in and about the town of Sheffield ...
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... tons per annum , a result which , by comparison , appeared enormous . Since that time other engagements have withdrawn the Author's attention from the iron trade , at least so far as any continuation of the His- tory was concerned ; and ...
... tons per annum , a result which , by comparison , appeared enormous . Since that time other engagements have withdrawn the Author's attention from the iron trade , at least so far as any continuation of the His- tory was concerned ; and ...
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... ton ; many tons in the twentieth year of King James , with good profit . Also , the author did sell bar iron , good and merchantable , at 127 . per ton , and under ; but bar - iron hath been sold for the most part ever since , at 157 ...
... ton ; many tons in the twentieth year of King James , with good profit . Also , the author did sell bar iron , good and merchantable , at 127 . per ton , and under ; but bar - iron hath been sold for the most part ever since , at 157 ...
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... tons of small coal in Great Britain , which will be lost in time to come , and as formerly they were ; for within ten miles of Dudley Castle is annually consumed four or five thousand tons , at least , of small pit - coal , and have ...
... tons of small coal in Great Britain , which will be lost in time to come , and as formerly they were ; for within ten miles of Dudley Castle is annually consumed four or five thousand tons , at least , of small pit - coal , and have ...
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... tons of coals , many yards high , down at once ; with which fall , and the colliers break- ing of the said coal , many small coals do so abound of no use , and unfit for sale , that in getting of 20,000 tons of pit- coal , one - half is ...
... tons of coals , many yards high , down at once ; with which fall , and the colliers break- ing of the said coal , many small coals do so abound of no use , and unfit for sale , that in getting of 20,000 tons of pit- coal , one - half is ...
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