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Paper, 'About agriculture' by John Beale

Reference number: EL/B1/44

Date: 1 July 1664

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This is the third instalment on the theme of agriculture. Beale argues that the Crown, through legislation, could help the Royal Society advance different kinds of agriculture so that markets would be regulated in order to prevent famine. Some Latin phrases are inserted.

Reference number
EL/B1/44
Earliest possible date
1 July 1664
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Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Beale

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John Beale, Paper, 'About agriculture' by John Beale, 1 July 1664, EL/B1/44, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_44/paper-about-agriculture-by-john-beale, accessed on 22 January 2025

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