The present state of the manufacture of salt explained : and a new mode suggested of refining British salt ... to which is subjoined, a plan for abolishing the present duties ... on the manufacture of salt ... / [Archibald Cochrane Dundonald].
- Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald
- Date:
- 1785
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The present state of the manufacture of salt explained : and a new mode suggested of refining British salt ... to which is subjoined, a plan for abolishing the present duties ... on the manufacture of salt ... / [Archibald Cochrane Dundonald]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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