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The Australian and Californian gold discoveries, and their probable consequences, or, An inquiry into the laws which determine the value and distribution of the precious metals : with historical notices of the effects of the American mines on European prices in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries : in a series of letters / by Patrick James Stirling.

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The Australian and Californian gold discoveries, and their probable consequences, or, An inquiry into the laws which determine the value and distribution of the precious metals : with historical notices of the effects of the American mines on European prices in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries : in a series of letters / by Patrick James Stirling.

Publisher

Edinburgh : Oliver & Boyd, 1853.

Date

1853.

Call Numbers

DSM/332.41/S , T0208108 , MF 1 P 3

Record Identifier

74VKPgJybv6y

MMS ID

991019674759702626

Language

English

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xiii 279 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : 1 ill. ; 21 cm.

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Publisher

Edinburgh : Oliver & Boyd, 1853.

Analytical title

Gold discoveries and their probable consequences.

Inquiry into the laws which determine the value and distribution of the precious metals.

Place of Publication

Scotland

Date Published

1853.

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Copyright status: Out of copyright.

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Full title

The Australian and Californian gold discoveries, and their probable consequences, or, An inquiry into the laws which determine the value and distribution of the precious metals : with historical notices of the effects of the American mines on European prices in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries : in a series of letters / by Patri...

Variant title

Gold discoveries and their probable consequences.

Inquiry into the laws which determine the value and distribution of the precious metals.

Portion of title

Inquiry into the laws which determine the value and distribution of the precious metals.

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Notes

General note

Chart illustrating changes in the value of gold over time tipped in opposite title page.

Cover title: The gold discoveries and their probable consequences.

Letter xviii discusses the Australian gold fields and the economic consequences of the mining of gold in Australia.

Spine title: Gold discoveries.

Includes bibliographical references.

Transferred from: E332.42/STI....

Citation / References Note

Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 16282.

Additional physical form availability note

Online at the State Library of NSW.

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DSM/332.41/S , T0208108 , MF 1 P 3

Record Identifier

74VKPgJybv6y

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991019674759702626

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