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... ( From the bust by Roubiliac in Trinity College , Cambridge . ) CHALDEAN BAKED BRICK OR TABLET , Obverse and reverse sides.
... ( From the bust by Roubiliac in Trinity College , Cambridge . ) CHALDEAN BAKED BRICK OR TABLET , Obverse and reverse sides.
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... from new points of view , as much as by the accumulation of facts . The mental capacity of one age does not seem to differ from that of other ages ; but it is the imagination of new ... the facts expressed by the statements B vii PREFACE -
... from new points of view , as much as by the accumulation of facts . The mental capacity of one age does not seem to differ from that of other ages ; but it is the imagination of new ... the facts expressed by the statements B vii PREFACE -
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George Forbes. is one of the facts expressed by the statements B , C , D ; so that we may know , if B , C , and D are ... from the writing of this History , go to explain the invariable humility of the great mathe- matical astronomers ...
George Forbes. is one of the facts expressed by the statements B , C , D ; so that we may know , if B , C , and D are ... from the writing of this History , go to explain the invariable humility of the great mathe- matical astronomers ...
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... the hope that these pages might , among new recruits , arouse an interest in the greatest of all the sciences , or ... from him who still remains pre - eminently its greatest exponent , Euclid . These students pity also the man of to ...
... the hope that these pages might , among new recruits , arouse an interest in the greatest of all the sciences , or ... from him who still remains pre - eminently its greatest exponent , Euclid . These students pity also the man of to ...
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George Forbes. obtained from modern observations made with instru- ments of the highest precision . So again , Mr. Hind1 was enabled to trace back the period during which Halley's comet has been a member of the solar system , and to ...
George Forbes. obtained from modern observations made with instru- ments of the highest precision . So again , Mr. Hind1 was enabled to trace back the period during which Halley's comet has been a member of the solar system , and to ...
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