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Elements of useful knowledge, in seven books

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Elements of useful knowledge, in seven books
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Description	Comprehending short systems of astronomy and geography, mythology, chronology, rhetoric, biography, natural philosophy, and metallurgy, government and jurisprudence. By the Rev. J. Adams
Shelfmark	ABS.1.82.150
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record
Attribution and copyright:	Public Domain - This work is free of known copyright restrictions. For details visit our copyright page. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Books
Dates / events:	1799 [Date printed]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place printed]
Subject / content:	Astronomy Geography Mythology (literary genre) Chronologies (lists) Rhetoric (discipline) Biography (general genre) Philosophy Metallurgy Governments (administrative bodies)
Person / organisation:	Adams, John, 1750?-1814 [Author] Law, Charles, 1763 or 1764-1827 [Bookseller]
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