The history of the tread-mill : containing an account of its origin, construction, operation, effects as it respects the health and morals of the convicts, with their treatment and diet. Also, a general view of the penitentiary system, with alterations necessary to be introduced into our criminal code, for its improvement / by James Hardie, A.M.

  • Hardie, James, 1758-1826.
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The history of the tread-mill : containing an account of its origin, construction, operation, effects as it respects the health and morals of the convicts, with their treatment and diet. Also, a general view of the penitentiary system, with alterations necessary to be introduced into our criminal code, for its improvement / by James Hardie, A.M. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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History of the treadmill

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New-York : Printed by Samuel Marks ..., 1824.

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2 unnumbered pages, viii, 1 unnumbered page, 10-70 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm (long 12mo.)

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Signatures: A-F⁶
Frontispiece (verso of leaf A1) depicts prisoners on a treadmill
Bookplate of Charles George Moller, Jr.

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NSTC 2H7449
NUC pre-1956, v. 230, p. 525

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