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Page 12
... do gold and silver , drawn out of the mine , equally enrich , with what is got by
trade . He that would make the lighter scale preponderate to the opposite , will
not so soon do it , by adding increase of new weight to the emptier , as if he took
out ...
... do gold and silver , drawn out of the mine , equally enrich , with what is got by
trade . He that would make the lighter scale preponderate to the opposite , will
not so soon do it , by adding increase of new weight to the emptier , as if he took
out ...
Page 34
... and weight , to enable us to reckon what the proportion of scarcity and vent of
one commodity is to another . For supposing , as before , that half an ounce of
silver would last year exchange for one bushel of wheat , or for 15lb . weight of
lead ...
... and weight , to enable us to reckon what the proportion of scarcity and vent of
one commodity is to another . For supposing , as before , that half an ounce of
silver would last year exchange for one bushel of wheat , or for 15lb . weight of
lead ...
Page 35
quantity to its vent as it was , is it not evident , that half an ounce of silver will still
exchange for 15lb . of lead , though it will exchange but for one - tenth of a bushel
of wheat ? and he that has use of lead will as soon tako 15 / b . weight of lead as
...
quantity to its vent as it was , is it not evident , that half an ounce of silver will still
exchange for 15lb . of lead , though it will exchange but for one - tenth of a bushel
of wheat ? and he that has use of lead will as soon tako 15 / b . weight of lead as
...
Page 40
... ounce of silver in England will exchange sometimes for a whole bushel of
wheat , sometimes for hall , sometimes but a quarter , and this it does equally ,
whether by use it be apt to bring in to the owner six in the hundred of its own
weight per ...
... ounce of silver in England will exchange sometimes for a whole bushel of
wheat , sometimes for hall , sometimes but a quarter , and this it does equally ,
whether by use it be apt to bring in to the owner six in the hundred of its own
weight per ...
Page 44
... between its quantity and vent altering slower than in most other commodities ; it
is commonly looked on as a standing measure , to judge of the value of all things
, especially being adapted to it by its weight and denomination in coinage . 9.
... between its quantity and vent altering slower than in most other commodities ; it
is commonly looked on as a standing measure , to judge of the value of all things
, especially being adapted to it by its weight and denomination in coinage . 9.
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| Title | The Works of John Locke, Volume 5 The Works of John Locke, John Locke |
| Author | John Locke |
| Publisher | Thomas Tegg, 1823 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 7 Apr 2006 |
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