Description of the tread mill, for the employment of prisoners : with observations on its management, accompanied by a plate and description of a new instrument, by which the daily amount of individual labour may be determined by inspection, and regulated with uniformity and precision / published by the committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline, &c.

  • Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, England)
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1823
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Description of the tread mill, for the employment of prisoners : with observations on its management, accompanied by a plate and description of a new instrument, by which the daily amount of individual labour may be determined by inspection, and regulated with uniformity and precision / published by the committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline, &c. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Printed by T. Bensley, sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823.

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56 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, plans ; 22 cm

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Lacking final plate?

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Appendix: Copies of communications to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, respecting the use of tread-wheels, in gaols or houses of correction (p. [33]-54)

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