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... who in their scheme of numeration adopted the decimal system , did not reckon by tens but by fives and twenties ; and why they used the twenty - millionth part of half the meridian as stand- ard of lineal measures .
... who in their scheme of numeration adopted the decimal system , did not reckon by tens but by fives and twenties ; and why they used the twenty - millionth part of half the meridian as stand- ard of lineal measures .
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We infer the spirit of the nation in great measure from the language , which is a sort of monument to which each forcible individual in a course of many hundred years has contrib- uted a stone . ( Ralph Waldo Emerson , Essays , XX .
We infer the spirit of the nation in great measure from the language , which is a sort of monument to which each forcible individual in a course of many hundred years has contrib- uted a stone . ( Ralph Waldo Emerson , Essays , XX .
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... interesting facts which show the origin of the British foot - measure of dimension . The half of 1056 is 528. This number multiplied by 10 gives 5280 , the length in feet of the British mile . By permutation 528 becomes 825.
... interesting facts which show the origin of the British foot - measure of dimension . The half of 1056 is 528. This number multiplied by 10 gives 5280 , the length in feet of the British mile . By permutation 528 becomes 825.
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... presumes to criticise , without adducing his reasons for so doing , the assertion made by the author that the ancient Maya architects made use , in the construction of their edifices , of a lineal measure identical with the metre .
... presumes to criticise , without adducing his reasons for so doing , the assertion made by the author that the ancient Maya architects made use , in the construction of their edifices , of a lineal measure identical with the metre .
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The written space on each leaf of the Troano MS . measures five by nine inches . The learned Abbé Brasseur , returning from his expedition to Yucatan , passing through Madrid , made the acquaintance of Señor Dn . Juan ...
The written space on each leaf of the Troano MS . measures five by nine inches . The learned Abbé Brasseur , returning from his expedition to Yucatan , passing through Madrid , made the acquaintance of Señor Dn . Juan ...
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| Titre | Queen Móo and the Egyptian Sphinx |
| Auteur | Augustus Le Plongeon |
| Édition | 2 |
| Éditeur | The Author, 1900 |
| Original provenant de | Université du Texas |
| Numérisé | 16 oct. 2008 |
| Longueur | 277 pages |
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