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It is well to remark that the height of the principal pyramids in Yucatan is invariably twenty - one metres.3 In fixing a standard of lineal measures the Maya sages adopted a subdivision of the circle which was naturally divided into ...
It is well to remark that the height of the principal pyramids in Yucatan is invariably twenty - one metres.3 In fixing a standard of lineal measures the Maya sages adopted a subdivision of the circle which was naturally divided into ...
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even set foot in their country , may I be permitted to ask Dr. Brinton a few questions respecting the “ only measures ” that , he asserts , were used by their ancestors ? If these did not use the metric system , why , in speaking of the ...
even set foot in their country , may I be permitted to ask Dr. Brinton a few questions respecting the “ only measures ” that , he asserts , were used by their ancestors ? If these did not use the metric system , why , in speaking of the ...
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Do we not measure distances approximately by steps or strides ? depth , by fathoms ? ... Does this mean that these are the only standard measures of length in vogue among us ? that astronomers , surveyors , architects ...
Do we not measure distances approximately by steps or strides ? depth , by fathoms ? ... Does this mean that these are the only standard measures of length in vogue among us ? that astronomers , surveyors , architects ...
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