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... ancient times , it was used in practical reckoning , and is said to be so still in China and elsewhere . - Abacus Pythagoricus meant the multiplication - table . - ABACUS , in arch . , is a square or oblong level tablet on the capital ...
... ancient times , it was used in practical reckoning , and is said to be so still in China and elsewhere . - Abacus Pythagoricus meant the multiplication - table . - ABACUS , in arch . , is a square or oblong level tablet on the capital ...
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... ancient times , for fertility in the produce of oil , wine , and fruits . When the Romans divided the whole of Greece into Macedonia and A. , the latter included all Greece excepting Thessaly . In the modern kingdom of Greece , A. forms ...
... ancient times , for fertility in the produce of oil , wine , and fruits . When the Romans divided the whole of Greece into Macedonia and A. , the latter included all Greece excepting Thessaly . In the modern kingdom of Greece , A. forms ...
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... ancient statue . order Gesneracea ( q . v . ) , much cultivated in stoves ACHIME'NES , a genus of plants of the natural and greenhouses for the beauty of their flowers . The species are numerous - natives of the warm parts of America ...
... ancient statue . order Gesneracea ( q . v . ) , much cultivated in stoves ACHIME'NES , a genus of plants of the natural and greenhouses for the beauty of their flowers . The species are numerous - natives of the warm parts of America ...
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... ( ancient ) , Greek Plethron ( ancient ) , 1.00 2:40 0.66 0-23 A'CRE , ST JEAN D ' , the biblical Accho , known as Ptolemais in the middle ages , is a seaport town situ ated on the coast of Syria , not far from the base of Mount Carmel ...
... ( ancient ) , Greek Plethron ( ancient ) , 1.00 2:40 0.66 0-23 A'CRE , ST JEAN D ' , the biblical Accho , known as Ptolemais in the middle ages , is a seaport town situ ated on the coast of Syria , not far from the base of Mount Carmel ...
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... ancient Acropolises was that of Argos , whose name , Larissa , indicates its Pelasgic origin ; that of Messenia , which bore the name of Ithome ; that of Thebes , called Cadmea ; that of Corinth , known as Acro - Corinthus ; but ...
... ancient Acropolises was that of Argos , whose name , Larissa , indicates its Pelasgic origin ; that of Messenia , which bore the name of Ithome ; that of Thebes , called Cadmea ; that of Corinth , known as Acro - Corinthus ; but ...
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Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 1 Ephraim Chambers Affichage du livre entier - 1870 |
Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 1 Ephraim Chambers Affichage du livre entier - 1870 |
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