...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations ... ...oing student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...es pound. This last was not intro- duced into the mint of England till the 18th of Henry the VIII. The French livre contained, in the time of Charlema... ... The discovery of the abundant mines of America, reduced, in the sixteenth century, the value of gold and silver in Europe to about a third of what it... ...oney, even where the denomination of the coin has not been altered. By the 18th of Elizabeth, it was enacted, that a third of the rent of all college ... ...lue of a corn rent, it is to be observed, how- ever, varies much less from century to century than that of a money rent, it varies much more from year... ...mar- ket. But the value of silver, though it sometimes varies greatly from century to century, seldom varies much from year to year, but frequently co... ...and, Holland, France, and 172 The Wealth of Nations Germany; even Sweden, Denmark, and Russia, have all advanced considerably, both in agriculture an...

...ts INTRODUCTION AND PLAN OF THE WORK .......................................................................... 8 BOOK I OF THE CAUSES OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRODUCTIVE POWERS OF LABOUR, AND OF THE ORDER ACCORDING TO WHICH ITS PRODUCE IS NATURALLY DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE DIFFERENT RANKS OF THE PEOPLE........... 10 CHAPTER I OF THE DIVISION OF LABOUR .............................