1 47 1 https://explorecommonsense.com/files/original/5cda5c8844e7e9bda487c7d601548e45.jpg 4b4987387a4084017b023712baa583b6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource British Edition of Common Sense Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Thomas Paine Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available London: J. Almon Subject The topic of the resource Rare Book Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Book Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Original: 1776 Digital: 2017-03-29 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPEG Language A language of the resource English Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document 32                            COMMON SENSE. out debt. A national debt is a national bond ; and when it bears no interest; is in no case a grievance. Britain is op- pressed with a debt of upwards of one hundred and fifty millions sterling for which she pays upwards of four millions interest. As a compensation for her debt, she has a large navy ; America is without a debt, and without a navy ; yet, for the twentieth part of the English national debt, could have a navy as large again. The navy of England is not worth, at this time, more than three millons and an half sterling. The first and second editions of this pamphlet were published without the following calculations, which are now given as a proof that the above estimation of the navy is a just one. See Entic's naval history, intro. page 56. The charge of building a ship of each rate, and furnishing her with masts, yards, sails, and rigging, together with a proportion of eight months boatswain’s and carpenter’s sea-stores, as calculated by Mr. Burchett, Secratary to the navy.                                                                                                   £. For a ship of 100 guns   - - - 35, 553                            90  -   -        - 29, 886                            80 -     -       - 23, 638                            70      -   -    - 17, 785                            60     -     -      14,197                            50          -     - 10,606                            40      -     -       7,855                            30     -        -     5,846                            20     -       -      3,710 And from hence it is easy to sum up the value, or cost rather, of the whole British navy, which in the year 1757, when it was at its greatest glory, consisted of the follow ships and guns: Ships Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Common Sense, British Edition Subject The topic of the resource Of the Present Ability of America, with Some Miscellaneous Reflexions Description An account of the resource Page 32 references