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- An inquiry into the permanent causes of the decline and fall of powerful and wealthy nations : Designed to shew how the prosperity of the British empire may be prolonged
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An inquiry into the permanent causes of the decline and fall of powerful and wealthy nations : Designed to shew how the prosperity of the British empire may be prolonged
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Project Gutenberg
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Produced by Robert W. Jones from an original print of the 1st edition held by The British Library, London. (Shelfmark: 432d12/432.d.12). The text was then compared against that of an original print of the 2nd edition held by the Library (Archives & Rare Books), London School of Economics and Political Science.
Release date
2005-08-21
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the author
William Playfair
1759–1823
Best known for pioneering statistical graphics, this Scottish engineer and political economist helped change how people see data. His charts, line graphs, and early pie charts turned numbers into pictures that were easy to grasp at a glance.
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