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From Frontispiece of Book by WILLIAM PLAYFAIR, An Inquiry Into the Permanent Causes of the Dechne and Fall of Powerful and Wealthy Nations,

London, 1805.

Dedicated

IN HONOR of

WILLIAM PLAYFAIR

FIRST EXPONENT OF GRAPHIC CHARTS FOR GENERAL USE

Born at Benvie, Scotland, 1 759 Died in London, England, 1823

DRAFTSMAN-ENGINEER With James Watt 1780

MANUFACTURER

AUTHOR:

THE COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL ATLAS. 1st ed., 1786; 2nd ed., 1787; 3rd ed., 1801

TABLEAUX D'ARITHMETIQUE LINEAIRE DU COMMERCE, 1789

LINEAL ARITHMETIC, 1798

STATISTICAL BREVIARY, 1801

AN INQUIRY INTO THE PERMANENT CAUSES OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF POWERFUL AND WEALTHY NATIONS. 1st ed, 1805; 2nd ed., 1807

STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA By D. F. DONNANT. Translated From the French By WILLIAM PLAYFAIR. Chart and Preface Also By WILLIAM PLAYFAIR. 1805

A LETTER ON OUR AGRICULTURAL DISTRESSES, 1st ed., 1821; 2nd ed., 1822; 3rd ed., 1822