• Better Writing
  OUP site, covering: Grammar (practical guidance and useful tips on a wide range of grammar issues) / Spelling (creating a good impression and getting your meaning across clearly with correct spelling) / Punctuation (practical guidance on how to use commas, semicolons, and other types of punctuation) / Practical writing (advice on topics from writing an effective CV to writing a letter of complaint) / Advice on good writing to avoid making some of the most common mistakes of usage / A quick-reference guide to abbreviations.
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• Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
  
  Brewer, E. Cobham. 1898. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
  1898 and brewer cobham dictionary fable phrase
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• Bus Tracker
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• Calculator : UK Inflation
  "Based on figures supplied by the Office for National Statistics. Enter the year and the amount to see how much that sum of money would be worth today, or enter the year and the amount to see how much a sum of money now would have been worth in any given year."
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• CIA World Factbook
  
  The World Factbook. 2003
  2003 factbook the world
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• Consumer price inflation : 1947 to 2004
  Economic Trends, 626, January 2006 "...looks at trends in inflation since the Second World War, as measured by the retail prices index (RPI). [...] looks at trends in inflation, and finishes with a comparison of how average prices of selected products have changed over the years..."
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• Consumer Price Inflation Since 1750
  Economic Trends, 604, March 2004 "Composite consumer price index with description and assessment of source data, and examples of how to revalue historical amounts to current day prices and calculate changes in purchasing power."
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• Dictionary of the Scots Language
  Comprises the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue and the Scottish National Dictionary. DOST contains words in use from the 12th to the end of the 17th centuries (Older Scots) and SND contains information about words in use from 1700 to the 1970s (modern Scots).
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• Edinburgh Libraries Electronic Resources
  DNB / Encyclopedia Britannica / Literature Resource Centre / KnowUK / NewsUK / OED / library catalogue
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• Einstein, Albert : ‘Relativity - The Special and General Theory’
  "Einstein’s own popular translation of the physics that shaped our 'truths' of space and time."
  Einstein, Albert. 1920. Relativity: The Special and General Theory
  1920 albert and einstein general relativity special the theory
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• Five Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a UK Pound Amount, 1830 to Present
  Online calculator. Calculates relative values w.r.t. RPI, GDP deflator, average earnings, GDP, and per-capita GDP.
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• Fowler : ‘The King’s English’
  
  Fowler, H. W. 1908. The King’s English, 2nd edition
  1908 2nd edition english fowler kings the
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• Harvard Classics, Vol. 30 : Scientific Papers
  Includes papers on the wave theory of light and the tides by Lord Kelvin.
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• Holy Bible
  American Bible Society King James Version
  The Holy Bible: King James Version. Bartleby.com
  bible holy james king the version
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• Inflation : the value of the pound 1750-1998
  House of Commons Library Research Paper 99/20
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• Ipsum online patent information and document inspection service
  Intellectual Property Office (UK Patent Office) service
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• OpenStreetMap
  "OpenStreetMap is a free editable map of the whole world [...] OpenStreetMap allows you to view, edit and use geographical data in a collaborative way from anywhere on Earth..."
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• Ordnance Survey 1st edition 6in maps, 1843-1882
  National Library of Scotland
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• Postcode Finder
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• Prices and inflation calculator
  "This calculator lets you see what money used to be worth between 1900 and 2006."
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