Arithmetical Questions on a New Plan: Intended to Answer the Double Purpose of Arithmetical Instruction and Miscellaneous Information ...author and proprietors, 1811 - 494 страници |
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... pieces in a minute , and continue at work ten hours each day , he will take nearly feventeen days to reckon 1,000,000 ; a thousand men would take 45 years to reckon 1,000,000,000,000 . If we suppose the whole earth to be as well peopled ...
... pieces in a minute , and continue at work ten hours each day , he will take nearly feventeen days to reckon 1,000,000 ; a thousand men would take 45 years to reckon 1,000,000,000,000 . If we suppose the whole earth to be as well peopled ...
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... Mofes compofed a fong ( fee Exodus ch . xv . ) , which has been faid to be the most ancient piece of poetry in the world , and is justly admired for its fublimity . In In Mofes , fays Dr. Hunter ( Sacred Biography ) 14 ADDITION .
... Mofes compofed a fong ( fee Exodus ch . xv . ) , which has been faid to be the most ancient piece of poetry in the world , and is justly admired for its fublimity . In In Mofes , fays Dr. Hunter ( Sacred Biography ) 14 ADDITION .
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... piece of metal converted into money by the impreffion of certain marks or figures thereon . Money was first made of gold and filver at Argos , in Greece , 89 B. C. The first coining of filver took place at Rome 269 , and of gold co6 ...
... piece of metal converted into money by the impreffion of certain marks or figures thereon . Money was first made of gold and filver at Argos , in Greece , 89 B. C. The first coining of filver took place at Rome 269 , and of gold co6 ...
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... pieces of gold were coined by Henry III . about the year 1257 ; but it is from the reign of Edward III . that the regular feries of gold coinage commences . In 1344 , that prince first struck flo- rens , fuppofed to be fo called from ...
... pieces of gold were coined by Henry III . about the year 1257 ; but it is from the reign of Edward III . that the regular feries of gold coinage commences . In 1344 , that prince first struck flo- rens , fuppofed to be fo called from ...
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... pieces of cloth , at five guineas and a half each . No. 60. What do feven weeks ' wages come to , at five fhillings ... piece ; for Holland , three crowns ; for 40 ADDITION .
... pieces of cloth , at five guineas and a half each . No. 60. What do feven weeks ' wages come to , at five fhillings ... piece ; for Holland , three crowns ; for 40 ADDITION .
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