An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations · Adam Smith
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:
1. Passages in italics are surrounded by _underscores_. 2. Footnotes have been renumbered moved to the end of this text version. 3. The original text includes one Greek word, the letters of which have been replaced with transliterations. 4. A couple of words use oe ligature in the original. 5. The mixed fractions are represnted using hyphen and forward slash in this text version. For example, 10-1/2 indicates ten and a half. 6. Obvious errors in punctuation have been silently corrected. 7. Missing letters/words in improperly scanned images have been silently added. 8. The following misprints have been corrected: Pg xiv, "ralate" changed to "relate" (relate to the imitative) Pg xviii, "uxuries" changed to "luxuries" (their luxuries,) Pg xx, "induustry" changed to "industry" (resources of industry?) Pg xxiii, "exhibting" changed to "exhibiting" (exhibiting to him) Pg xxx, "beeen" changed to "been" (never been better shown;) Pg 17, "cold" changed to "gold" (of the gold coin. In the market,) Pg 30, "poplousness" changed to "populousness" (and populousness,) Pg 35, "taillies" changed to "tallies" (tallies in the election) Pg 101, "barrennes" changed to "barrenness" (only of the barrenness) Pg 112, "requirs" changed to "requires" (master tailor requires) Pg 118, "the the" changed to "the" (different operations of the) Pg 147, "univesally" changed to "universally" (are universally) Pg 153, "natrually" changed to "naturally" (violence, naturally) Pg 176, "god" changed to "good" (though with a good deal) Pg 210, "wich" changed to "which" (value of silver which varies) Pg 237, "interferred" changed to "interfered" (interfered too much) Pg 246, "fallan" changed to "fallen" (British profit has fallen) Pg 259, "restrain" changed to "restraint" (By this restraint) Pg 281, "manufacterers" changed to "manufacturers" (over that of artificers and manufacturers.) Pg 288, "85,159-5/11" changed to "85,179-5/11" Pg 290, "seige" changed to "siege" (till the siege of Veii,) Pg 342, "re-respective" changed to "respective" (to their respective abilities.) Pg 353, "pruduce" changed to "produce" (fifth part of the produce.) Pg 364, "more" changed to "money" (have the money to pay.) Pg 406, "dicovery" changed to "discovery" (The discovery and colonization of,) Pg 415, "evidince" changed to "evidence" (evidence of its wealth,) Pg 415, "of of" changed to "of" (restraining the exportation of) Pg 415, "for for" changed to "for" (but for foreign trade,) 9. Other than the corrections listed above, printer's inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation have been retained.
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