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• Miscellaneous Works of Mr. John Greaves, Professor of Astronomy in the University of Oxford (including works by Newton; 2 volumes; London: Printed by J. Hughs for J. Brindley, 1737), by John Greaves, contrib. by Isaac Newton and Thomas Birch (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Lex Mercatoria Rediviva, or, The Merchant's Directory: Being a Compleat Guide to All Men in Business (Dublin: Printed for J. Williams, 1754), by Wyndham Beawes (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Lex Mercatoria Rediviva, or, The Merchant's Directory: Being a Complete Guide to All Men in Business (6th edition; Dublin: Printed for J. Williams, 1773), by Wyndham Beawes (page images at HathiTrust)

• Traité des Monnaies, Mesures et Poids Anciens et Modernes de l'Inde et de la Chine (in French; Paris: E. Leroux, 1913), by J.-A. Decourdemanche (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The Marchants Avizo: Verie Necessarie for Their Sonnes and Servants, When They First Send Them Beyond The Seas, as to Spayne and Portingale, or Other Countreyes (London: Impr. by T. Orwin, 1590), by J. B. (page images at Yale)

• Zur Geschichte des Spezifischen Gewichtes im Altertum und Mittelalter (dissertation in German; Erlangen: Buchdruckerei Junge und Sohn, 1914), by Heinrich Bauerreiss (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Traité des Monnaies, Mesures et Poids Anciens et Modernes de l'Inde et de la Chine (in French; Paris: E. Leroux, 1913), by J.-A. Decourdemanche (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• U. S. Metric Board: Summary Report (Arlington, VA: The Board, 1982), by United States Metric Board (page images at HathiTrust)

• Aim for a Healthy Weight (2005), by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (PDF at fdlp.gov)

• Aim for a Healthy Weight (2005), by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (PDF at fdlp.gov)

• Neonatal Intensive Care for Low Birthweight Infants: Costs and Effectiveness (OTA-HCS-38; 1987), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
  • PDF at unt.edu
  • PDF at ed.gov

• Groundwater Recharge with Reclaimed Water: Birth Outcomes in Los Angeles County, 1982-1993, by Elizabeth M. Sloss, Daniel F. McCaffrey, Ronald D. Fricker, Sandy A. Geschwind, and Beate R. Ritz (PDF files at rand.org)

• Preventing Low Birthweight: Summary (1995), by Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Preventing Low Birthweight: Summary (1995), by Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Can the Obesity Crisis Be Reversed? (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, c2021), by Rexford S. Ahima (multiple formats with commentary at Project MUSE)
• Hitchcock's Appetites: The Corpulent Plots of Desire and Dread (New York and London: Bloomsbury Academic, c2016), by Casey McKittrick
  • PDF with commentary at oapen.org
  • page images and PDF at HathiTrust
• Letter on Corpulence, Addressed to the Public (third edition; London: Harrison, 1864), by William Banting
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Letter on Corpulence, Addressed to the Public (fourth edition; London: Harrison, 1869), by William Banting
  • HTML with commentary at lowcarb.ca
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Strong Medicine (Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Co., 1962), by Blake F. Donaldson, contrib. by Charles Gordon Heyd (page images at HathiTrust)

• Self-Administration of Abused Substances: Methods for Study, ed. by Norman A. Krasnegor (PDF at NIH)
• Behavioral Analysis and Treatment of Substance Abuse, ed. by Norman A. Krasnegor (PDF at NIH)

• Can the Obesity Crisis Be Reversed? (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, c2021), by Rexford S. Ahima (multiple formats with commentary at Project MUSE)
• Reducing Weight Comfortably: The Dietetic Treatment of Obesity (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., c1914), by Gustav Gaertner (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults: The Evidence Report, by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (U.S.) (HTML and PDF at NIH)

• Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults: The Evidence Report, by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (U.S.) (HTML and PDF at NIH)

• Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults: The Evidence Report, by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (U.S.) (HTML and PDF at NIH)

• Let's Eat for the Health of It (Washington: GPO, 2011), by United States Department of Agriculture and United States Department of Health and Human Services (PDF at fdlp.gov)

• Mrs. Knox's "Be Fit, Not Fat" Recipes: A Grand Collection of Favorite Recipes With Calories Reduced From 1/3 to 2/3 (Johnstown, NY: Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co., c1939), contrib. by Rose Markward Knox (page images at HathiTrust)

• Weighing the Options: Criteria for Evaluating Weight-Management Programs (1995), by Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (page images with commentary at NAP)

• The 10% Solution for a Healthy Life (blogged version of 1993 book, with reader comments and additional materials; scroll down page to see start of book), by Ray Kurzweil (HTML at kurzweilai.net)

• Weight Loss for Life (electronic edition, 2009), by Weight-control Information Network (U.S.) (HTML and PDF at NIH)
• Weighing the Options: Criteria for Evaluating Weight-Management Programs (1995), by Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Aim for a Healthy Weight (2005), by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (PDF at fdlp.gov)

• The NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty, by National Institute of Standards and Technology (HTML at NIST)

• Zur Geschichte des Spezifischen Gewichtes im Altertum und Mittelalter (dissertation in German; Erlangen: Buchdruckerei Junge und Sohn, 1914), by Heinrich Bauerreiss (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A Discourse Presented to the Most Serene Don Cosimo II, Great Duke of Tuscany, Concerning the Natation of Bodies Upon, and Submersion in, the Water (translation of the second Italian edition; London: W. Leybourn, 1667), by Galileo Galilei, trans. by Thomas Salusbury (Gutenberg text and decorated HTML)

• Weights, Measures, and Tokens (Athenian Agora series, v10; Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1964), by Mabel L. Lang and Margaret Crosby (PDF in Greece)

• Roman Civilization: A Handbook for Students (Ann Arbor: Edwards Bros., c1933), by Helen H. Tanzer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Roman Antiquities: or, An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans (New York: E. Duyckinck et al., 1823), by Alexander Adam, ed. by Peter Wilson
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Roman Antiquities: or, An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans (New York: Collins and Hannay, 1830), by Alexander Adam, ed. by Peter Wilson
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Roman Antiquities: or, An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans (sixth edition; Glasgow: Blackie and Son; et al., 1835), by Alexander Adam, ed. by James Boyd
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • PDF at djm.cc
• Studio Archeologico Sulla Celebre Iscrizione di Filumena Scoperta nel Cimitero di Priscilla (extract from Nuovo Bullettino di Archeologia Cristiana year 12, in Italian; Rome: Lib. Spithover, 1907), by Orazio Marucchi
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• Terracottas and Plastic Lamps of the Roman Period (Athenian Agora series, v6: Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1961), by Clairève Grandjouan (PDF in Greece)
• Hellas und Rom: Eine Culturgeschichte des Classischen Alterthums (in German; Stuttgart: W. Spemann, ca. 1880), by Jacob von Falke (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Via Gabina Villas: Sites 10, 11, and 13, ed. by Walter M. Widrig (illustrated HTML at Rice)

• The Military Institutions of the Romans (De Re Militari), by Flavius Vegetius Renatus, trans. by John Clarke (HTML in Norway)

• Prosopographia Imperii Romani Saec I. II. III. (first edition, 3 volumes, in Latin; Berlin: G. Reimer, 1897-1898), ed. by Elimar Klebs, Hermann Dessau, and Paul von Rohden
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III: multiple formats at archive.org
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• Regesten der Kaiser und Päpste für die Jahre 311 bis 476 n. Chr. (in German; Stuttgart: J. B. Metzler, 1919), by Otto Seeck
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
  • facsimile reprint: PDF in Switzerland; 172 MB

• The Roman Empire: Roots of Imperialism (London and New York: Pluto Press, c2010), by Neville Morley (PDF with commentary at oapen.org)
• News and Frontier Consciousness in the Late Roman Empire (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2006), by Mark W. Graham (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Old Roman World: The Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization, by John Lord (Gutenberg text)
• Classical Civilization (2 volumes; New York: Prentice Hall, c1940), by Herbert Newell Couch and Russel M. Geer (page images at HathiTrust)

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