Political arithmetick, or, A discourse concerning the extent and value of lands, people, buildings ... as the same relates to every country in general, but more particularly to the territories of His Majesty of Great Britain, and his neighbours of Holland, Zealand, and France / by Sir William Petty ...
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- Political arithmetick, or, A discourse concerning the extent and value of lands, people, buildings ... as the same relates to every country in general, but more particularly to the territories of His Majesty of Great Britain, and his neighbours of Holland, Zealand, and France / by Sir William Petty ...
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- Petty, William, Sir, 1623-1687.
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- London :: Printed for Robert Clavel ... and Hen. Mortlock ...,
- 1690.
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- Great Britain -- Economic conditions.
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"Political arithmetick, or, A discourse concerning the extent and value of lands, people, buildings ... as the same relates to every country in general, but more particularly to the territories of His Majesty of Great Britain, and his neighbours of Holland, Zealand, and France / by Sir William Petty ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A54621.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 11, 2025.
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THE Principal Conclusions OF THIS TREATISE ARE,
- CHAP. I. That a small Country, and few People, may by their Situ∣ation, Trade, and Policy, be equiva∣lent in Wealth and Strength, to a far greater People, and Territory. And particularly, How conveniencies for Shipping, and Water Carriage, do most Eminently, and Fundamentally, conduce thereunto. Pag. 1
- Chap. II. That some kind of Taxes, and Publick Levies, may rather increase than diminish the Common-Wealth. pag. 35
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- Chap. III. That France cannot, by rea∣son of Natural and Perpetual Impedi∣ments, be more powerful at Sea, than the English, or Hollanders. 51
- Chap. IV. That the People, and Ter∣ritories of the King of England, are Naturally near as considerable, for Wealth, and Strength, as those of France. pag. 64
- Chap. V. That the Impediments of Englands Greatness, are but contingent and removeable. pag. 87
- Chap. VI. That the Power and Wealth of England, hath increased above this forty years. pag. 96
- Chap. VII. That one tenth part, of the whole Expence, of the King of Eng∣land's Subjects; is sufficient to main∣tain one hundred thousand Foot, thirty thousand Horse, and forty thousand Men at Sea, and to defray all other Charges, of the Government: both Ordinary and Extraordinary, if the same were regularly Taxed, and Raised. pag. 101
- Chap. VIII. That there are spare Hands enough among the King of Eng∣land's Subjects, to earn two Millions per annum, more than they now do, and there are Employments, ready,
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- proper, and sufficient for that purpose. pag. 104
- Chap. IX. That there is Mony suffi∣cient to drive the Trade of the Na∣tion. pag. 110
- Chap. X. That the King of England's Subjects, have Stock, competent, and con∣venient to drive the Trade of the whole Commercial World. pag. 112