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... foot resting on a rock , her head resting on her right hand , and a spear in her left , by her side a large circular shield with the circumscription BRITANNIA . The usual 1 See the Catalogue of a Selection from the British and English ...
... foot resting on a rock , her head resting on her right hand , and a spear in her left , by her side a large circular shield with the circumscription BRITANNIA . The usual 1 See the Catalogue of a Selection from the British and English ...
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... foot , the nail , the finger- breadth , the hand - breadth or palm , and the cubit ; and of the latter , the span , the step , the pace , and the fathom , employed as ordinary measures of length . The palm was reckoned the breadth of ...
... foot , the nail , the finger- breadth , the hand - breadth or palm , and the cubit ; and of the latter , the span , the step , the pace , and the fathom , employed as ordinary measures of length . The palm was reckoned the breadth of ...
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... foot and of the Roman foot has engaged the attention of men of science in Europe for a very long period of time , and the result of their researches and investigations exhibit differences so small of these units in comparison with the foot ...
... foot and of the Roman foot has engaged the attention of men of science in Europe for a very long period of time , and the result of their researches and investigations exhibit differences so small of these units in comparison with the foot ...
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... foot of Cossutius to be 967 parts of the English foot , or 11 · 604 inches . Several other measures of the Roman foot have been obtained , varying from one another , of which that of 971 of the English foot has been generally received ...
... foot of Cossutius to be 967 parts of the English foot , or 11 · 604 inches . Several other measures of the Roman foot have been obtained , varying from one another , of which that of 971 of the English foot has been generally received ...
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... foot shall contain 12 inches , and an inch 3 barley - corns placed end to end , taken out of the midst of the ear of barley . By another ordinance for the measure of land , the acre is also declared to contain 160 square perches , or 16 ...
... foot shall contain 12 inches , and an inch 3 barley - corns placed end to end , taken out of the midst of the ear of barley . By another ordinance for the measure of land , the acre is also declared to contain 160 square perches , or 16 ...
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Elementary Arithmetic: With Brief Notices of Its History, Volúmenes1-12 Robert Potts Vista completa - 1876 |
Elementary Arithmetic: With Brief Notices of Its History, Volúmenes1-12 Robert Potts Vista completa - 1876 |
Elementary Arithmetic: With Brief Notices of Its History, Volúmenes1-12 Robert Potts Vista completa - 1876 |
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abstract number alloy amount annum arithmetic Cambridge cent ciphers coinage College concrete consist contained copper crown cubic foot cubic inches cubit denary denote difference digits divided dividend division divisor earth employed England English equal equation equivalent Euclid Euclid's Elements expressed farthings feet figures find the sum foot fraction francs gallon Geometrical given number grains greater greatest common measure Greek guinea Hence hundred integer interest Julius Cæsar King kingdom least common multiple length less logarithms mantissa METCALFE AND SON miles moidore months moon multiplied Napier natural numbers notation ounce pence penny period pieces pound Troy pound weight pounds Avoirdupois prime numbers PROP proportion quotient reckoned reduced reign remainder repeating decimals respectively Roman Saxon SECTION Shew shillings silver square sterling subtracted Tower pound TRINITY TRINITY COLLEGE Troy weight units University of Cambridge weights and measures yards
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Página 15 - ... the ratio of the ovendry weight of a sample to the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the sample at some specific moisture content, as green, air-dry, or ovendry.
Página 4 - ... to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day, and over the night, to be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years.
Página 4 - The proposition that the sun is the centre of the world and immovable from its place is absurd, philosophically false, and formally heretical, because it is expressly contrary to the Holy Scripture.
Página 4 - And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
Página 18 - The Quotient is the number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend. The Remainder is the part of the dividend which is left undivided.
Página 24 - ... part of an inch transverse to the axis of the bar, and two lines at nearly the same interval parallel to the axis of the bar. The measure of length of the Imperial Standard yard is given by the interval between the middle transversal line at one end and the middle transversal line at the other end, the...
Página 22 - In using an imperial measure of capacity, the same shall not be heaped, but either shall be stricken with a round stick or roller, straight and of the same diameter from end to end...
Página 25 - JAMES, by the grace of God, king of England, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith; and of Scotland the seven and fortieth.
Página 8 - My lord, I have undertaken this long journey purposely to see your person, and to know by what engine of wit or ingenuity you came first to think of this most excellent help into astronomy, viz. the logarithms ; but, my lord, being by you found out, I wonder nobody else found it out before, when now known it is so easy.
Página 20 - Easter-Day is the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon, or next after, the 21st day of March : and if the full moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter- Day is the Sunday after.