See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• SIR WILLIAM PETTY (1623-1687)

PETTY (1623-1687)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English statistician and See also:

• POLITICAL

political economist, See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 26th of May 1623, was the son of a See also:

• CLOTHIER

clothier at See also:

• ROMSEY

Romsey in See also:

• HAMPSHIRE (or COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON, abbreviated HANTS)

Hampshire, and received his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• EDUCATION

education at the See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school there . About the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of fifteen he went to See also:

• CAEN

Caen (See also:

• NORMANDY

Normandy), taking with him a little stock of merchandise, on which he traded, and so maintained himself whilst learning See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, improving himself in Latin and See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek, and studying See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics and other sciences . On his return to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England he seems to have had for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place ' The survey executed by See also:

• PETTY, SIR WILLIAM (1623-1687)

Petty was, somewhat whimsically, called the " Down Survey," because the results were set down in maps; it is called by that name in Petty's will . He See also:

• LEFT

left in MS. a full See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the proceedings in connexion with it, which was edited by See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas A . Larcom for the Irish Archaeological Society in 1851 . The maps, some of which were injured by a See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in 1711, are preserved in the Public See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

Record See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

Office, See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin . His See also:

• TREATISE

Treatise of Taxes and Contributions contains a clear statement of the See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine that See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

price depends on the labour necessar) for See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production . Petty is much concerned to discover a fixed unit of value, and he thinks he has found it in the necessary sustenance of a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man for a See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . He understands the cheapening effect of the See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of labour . He states correctly the notion of " natural and true " See also:

• RENT

rent as the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of the produce of See also:

• LAND

land after See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment of the cost of production; but he seems to have no See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of the " See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law of diminishing returns." He has much that is just on the subject of See also:

• MONEY

money: he See also:

• SEES

sees that there may be an excess of it as well as a deficiency, and regards the See also:

• PROHIBITION (Lat. prohibere, to prevent)

prohibition of its exportation as contrary to See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound policy . But he errs in attributing the fall of the See also:

• RATE

rate of See also:

• INTEREST

interest which takes place in the progress of See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry to the increase in the quantity of money . He protested against the fetters imposed on the See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade of See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, and advocated a See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union of that See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country with See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain .

Whilst the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general tendency in his day was to represent England as in a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of progressive decline—an See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion put forward particularly in the See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract entitled Britannia languens—Petty declared her resources and prospects to be not inferior to those of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . A See also:

• COMPLETE

complete See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of his See also:

• WORKS

works is given in the Athenae oxonienses . The most important are: the Treatise of Taxes and Contributions (1662, 1667 and 1685); Political See also:

• ARITHMETIC (Gr. apeOµ7run7, sc. TEXVn, the art of counting, from (ipLBµos, number)

Arithmetic, presented in MS. to See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles II., but, because it contained See also:

• MATTER

matter Iikely to be offensive to France, kept unpublished till 1691, when it was edited by Petty's son Charles; Quantulumcunque, or a Tract concerning Money (1682) ; Observations upon the Dublin Bills of Mortality in i681 and the State of that See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

City (1683); See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

Essay concerning the Multiplication of Mankind (1686) ; Political See also:

• ANATOMY
• ANATOMY (Gr. avaroyil, from ava-silo c', to cut up)

Anatomy of Ireland (1691) . Several papers appeared in the Philosophical Transactions . See Economic Writings of Sir See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Petty, ed . C . H . See also:

• HULL
• HULL (in O.Eng. hulu, from helan, to cover, cf. Ger. Hiille, covering)
• HULL (officially KINGSTON-UPON-HULL)
• HULL, ISAAC (1775-1843)

Hull (2 vols., 1899) . PETTY-OFFICER, the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title in the See also:

• NAVY

navy of a large number of See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor (Fr. See also:

• PETIT, SIR DINSHAW MANECKJI, BART

petit, small) See also:

• OFFICERS

officers, of less than commissioned or See also:

• WARRANT (Med. Lat. warantum; O. Fr. garant, warant, derived from O.H.G. root represented in modern German bygewdhren)

warrant See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank—such as the See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master-at-arms, sailmaker, caulker, armourer, See also:

• COOK
• COOK, ALBERT STANBURROUGH (1853– )
• COOK, EDWARD DUTTON (1829–1883)
• COOK, ELIZA (1818–1889)
• COOK, JAMES (1728-1779)
• COOK, THOMAS (1808-1892)

cook, &c . They were originally named, and removable, by the See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain .