Transcriber’s Note: This old text is preserved as printed apart from thecorrection of the following apparent printing errors:
Page 13 “Extroardinary” changed to “Extraordinary”
Page 20 “luberous” changed to “tuberous”
Page 26 “perpencular” changed to “perpendicular”
Page 34 “Veiws” changed to “Views”
Page 35 “cheifest” changed to “chiefest”
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A
METHOD
OF
TANNING
WITHOUT
BARK.
DUBLIN:
Printed by A. Rhames, Mdccxxix
TO
His Excellency
William Conolly, Esq;
SPEAKER
OF THE
House of Commons of Ireland.
And to the Rest of the
Members of That HOUSE.
THIS
METHOD
OF
Tanning without BARK
Is humbly inscribed
By Their most
Obedient Servant,
William Maple.
THE
Method of Tanning
WITHOUT
BARK.
In Political Computations, thefollowing Principles are universallyallowed.
That the Riches of everyCountry arise from the NaturalProduce of the Earth;and the Labour and Art, imployed in improvingthe same.
That the Quantity of Native Commodities,the Source of Riches, is in Proportionto the Number of People, fullyand usefully employed.
That every industrious Person adds tothe Wealth, and Support of a Nation; andevery Idler, detracts from both, by livingon the Labour of Others.
That it is the best Policy in any Government,to encourage, and provide forthe full Imployment of the People; sincethereby, the Number, Wealth, Strength,and Quiet of the Inhabitants are increased.
That the Gain, or Loss of any Nationby Trade, is known, and determined by theProportion, which the Exports bear in Valueto the Imports. On this depends theabsolute Quantity of Money in a Nation;the Relative Quantity of the several Species,that composeth this Money, being ascertainedby the Value imposed on those Species;either as it agrees with, or differs fromthe Value set thereon by other Nations.
A Nation certainly loses by a Trade,whose Exports are not compleatly manufactured,and whole Imports are fully wrought.
A few Manufactures will serve to exchangefor great Quantities of the simpleProduce of the Ea