The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++Library of CongressW003401Half-title: Select essays: on raising and dressing flax and hemp; and on bleaching linen-cloth: with valuable dissertations on other useful subjects. "Several of the following essays are translated from a periodical work, published at Paris, under the title of Journal oeconomique; the translation being undertaken by Doctor Tobias Smollett .."--Preface. Error in paging: p. 97-104 misnumbered 79-86. Bookseller's advertisements, p. [7-8], 1st count, and p. [160].Philadelphia: Printed, by Robert Bell, next door to St. Paul's Church, in Third-Street, Philadelphia, M, DCC, LXXVII. [1777]. [8], 159, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates: ill.; 8°