Essays on Mankind and Political Arithmetic

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Essays on Mankind and Political Arithmetic

by Sir William Petty

EN·~3 hours·11 chapters

Chapters

11 total
1

Transcribed from the Cassell & Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

0:10
2

ESSAYS ON MANKIND AND POLITICAL ARITHMETIC - INTRODUCTION.

16:58
3

THE STATIONER TO THE READER.

3:31
4

THE PRINCIPAL POINTS OF THIS DISCOURSE.

1:10
5

OF THE GROWTH OF THE CITY OF LONDON:

34:30
6

FURTHER OBSERVATION UPON THE DUBLIN BILLS;

12:30
7

OBSERVATIONS UPON THE DUBLIN BILLS OF MORTALITY, 1681: AND THE STATE OF THAT CITY.

8:39
8

TWO ESSAYS IN POLITICAL ARITHMETIC,

12:43
9

OBSERVATIONS UPON THE CITIES OF LONDON AND ROME.

1:50
10

FIVE ESSAYS IN POLITICAL ARITHMETIC.

27:00

About the author

Sir William Petty

Sir William Petty

1623–1687

A restless 17th-century thinker who moved easily between science, medicine, politics, and economics, he is often remembered as one of the early minds behind political arithmetic. His life linked the Royal Society, Cromwellian Ireland, and some of the first attempts to measure society with numbers.

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