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1642.— \'HKMrinKN, Sik Coknki.ius, a native of Ho ll.iiul, and a coluiitl in CronnvcH's 

 army. 

 Discourses touching the Drayning the great Fenns lying within the several Counties 

 of Lincolnc, Northampton, Huntingdon. Norfolke, Suffolke, Cambridge, and 

 the Isle of Ely. London. 8vo. 



1645. — H.VKTi.ii!, S.\MrKi., an ingenious author. Hi- was a great promoter of hirsh.mdry 

 during the times of the Commonwealth, and was much esteemed. Milton 

 addressed i.o him his treatise on education, and Sir William Petty inscribed 

 two letters to him on the same subject. Sir R. Weston and others also 

 helped him. 



Discourse of Husbandry used in Brabant and Flanders, shewing wonderful Improve- 

 ments of Land there. London. 4to. And again in 1650. 



Legacy; or, an Enlargement on the Discourse of Husbandry used in Brabant and 

 Flanders. With an appendix. 165 1. 4to. London. Again in 1655. 



Appendix to the Legacy, relating more particularly to the Husbandry and Natural 

 History of Ireland. London, 1651. 4to. 



Essay on the Advancement of Husbandry and Learning, with propositions for 

 erecting a College of Husbandry. London, 1651. Printed by Henry Hills. 4to. 



The Reformed Husbandman; or, a brief Treatise of the Errors, Defects, and 

 Inconvenience of our English Husbandry, in ploughing and .sowing for Corn ; 

 with the Reasons and general Remedies, and a large, yet faithful Offer or 

 Undertaking for the Benefit of them that will joyn in this good and public 

 Work. London, 165 1. 4to. 



An Invention of Engines of motion lately brought to perfection, whereby may be 

 dispatched any work now done in England or elsewhere (especially works 

 that require strength and swiftnes.s), either by Wind, Water, Cattel, or Men, 

 and that with better accommodation and more profit than by anything 

 hitherto known and used. London : Printed by T. C. for Richard Woodnoth 

 next door to the Golden-heart, in Leader.-Hall-Street, 165 1. Small 4to. 

 The real author of this book was Crersy Dymock. See Reprint in Dirck's 

 Life of Hartlib. London, 1865. 



Design tor Plenty, by a Universal Planting of Trees; tendered by some well- 

 wishers to the Public. London, 1652. 4to. 



Discovery for Division or Setting out of Waste Land in England and Ireland. 

 London, R. Woderothe, 1653. 4to. 



The Complete Husbandman; or, a Discourse of Husbandry, both Foreign and 

 Domestic. And a particular Discourse of the Natural History of Husbandry 

 in Ireland. London, 1659. 4'^'^- 



1649.— Blith, W.m.tek. 



The English Improver, discovering that some land, both Arable and Pasturi', may 

 be advanced Double and Treble, and some Five and Ten-fold. London. 4to. 



The English Improver improved ; or, the Survey of Husbandry surveyed. 

 London, 1652, 4to. Again in 1653. 



1660. LliVBOlRN, WlI.LI.\M. 



In 1650 appeared Planometria ; or, the Whole Art of Surveying of Land, by 

 '" Oliver Wallinby," the pseudonym being a mere transposition of the letters 

 of Leybourn's name. This was republished with additions and acknowledged 

 by its author in 1653, under the title The Compleat Surveyor. It pa.ssed 

 through four editions in his lifetime; a fifth edition appeared in 1722, edited 

 by Samuel Cunn. Second edition, 1657. Third edition, 1674. 



1653.— Alsten, R.alph. 



A Treatise on Fruit Trees, and directions for planting Woods. Oxford. 4to. 

 Further editions, 1657, 1662, 1667. 



Bre.vd kok thi-: Poor. R. and H. Leybourn. 



