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1 online resource (361 pages) |
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Editorial procedures; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1 Sermons; INTRODUCTION; 1. SERMON ON THE TEXT MATTHEW 7.12; 2. SERMON ON THE TEXT JOB 27.6; 3. SERMON ON THE TEXT 1 JOHN 4.10; 4. SERMON ON THE TEXT DEUTERONOMY 29.29; 2 Malthus' diary of a tour of the Lake District; INTRODUCTION; TEXT; 3 Bullion trade transactions; INTRODUCTION; EXPLANATORY NOTES AND DEFINITIONS; Bank money (or banco) and current money (or currency); Agio; Weights; Currencies; Standard gold and fine gold; Mint value of gold; England; Holland |
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Current or market value of goldPar of exchange; A. Trade with Amsterdam; 1. Conversion of guilders per marc into schellings per ounce; 2. Conversion of schellings per ounce to shillings per ounce; 3. Calculation of the par of exchange between England and Holland; 4. Table I: Calculation of the par of exchange when the price of gold in England is at its mint price and when the ... ; 5. Table I and Table II: Calculation of the par of exchange when both the price of gold in England and the price of gold in .. |
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6. Calculation of the direction of the bullion trade between London and Amsterdam: A general statement of ... 7. Effect of changes in the price of silver in London on the exchange rate between the English pound and Flemish ... ; 8. Calculation of profit on trade in silver; B. Trade with Hamburg; 1. Ricardo's table for Hamburg; 2. An adjustment to Ricardo's table to take account of variations in the value of gold in London from the ... ; 3. Calculation of the profit on exporting gold from London to Hamburg |
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4. Conversion of the value of a ducat in stivers to the value of an ounce of gold in stivers after adjusting for the difference in gold ... 5. Effect of an increase in the value of a ducat on the exchange rate between English pounds and Flemish schellings.; 6. Effect of an increase in the value of a ducat expressed in stivers on the value of an ounce of gold expressed in schellings.; C. Statistics; 1. Exchange rates and bullion prices, 1811-1813; 2. Exchange rates, bullion prices and commodity prices; D. Other Brief Items; 1. Expenses in converting coin to bullion |
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2. Groots expressed as percentages of schellings3. A note on the value of a ducat; E. Items in Other Hands; 1. A diagrammatic method of comparing exchange rates between London, Amsterdam and Paris; 2. Calculation of the direction and profit of the bullion trade.; Line 1; Line 2; Line 3; Line 4; Line 5; Line 6; Line 7; Line 8; Line 9; Explanation of the two columns; 4 An essay on foreign trade; INTRODUCTION; TEXT; 5 Essays and notes on Charles I and Mary, Queen of Scots; INTRODUCTION; 1. ESSAY ON CHARLES I; 2. ESSAY ON MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS; 3. NOTES ON MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS |
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6 Questions and answers on early European history |
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Originally published in 2004, this is the second and final volume of manuscripts by or relating to Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) that are now held at Kanto Gakuen University in Japan. Volume I, published in 1997, contains 75 items of correspondence. Volume II, now published, contains transcriptions of further original manuscripts, including: four of Malthus' sermons; his diary of a tour of the Lake District; an extensive set of calculations in the bullion trade, suggesting that he was giving serious thought to becoming a bullion trader on his own account; lecture notes on European history |
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Malthus, T. R. (Thomas Robert), 1766-1834 -- Correspondence
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Malthus, T. R. (Thomas Robert), 1766-1834 fast |
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Economists -- Great Britain -- Correspondence
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Population.
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Economics.
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History.
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Religion.
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economics.
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history (discipline)
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religion (discipline)
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Economics
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Economists
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History
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Population
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Religion
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Great Britain
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Personal correspondence
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Electronic book
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Pullen, John
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Hughes Parry, Trevor
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| ISBN |
9780511212642 |
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051121264X |
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