Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,669 pages of information and 247,074 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
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1793 Sir John Sinclair promoted a Board of Agriculture as a means of publicizing agricultural developments, advising the government, spreading information, conducting experiments, and promoting legislation. Pitt agreed to the setting up of the Board on an annual grant of £3000, with Sinclair as its unpaid president and Arthur Young as salaried secretary.
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