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weights and measures31
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weights and measures, ancient3
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Greaves, John (1602-1652)6
Birch, Thomas4
Birch, Thomas (1705-1766)4
Bon, Ottaviano4
Bon, Ottaviano (1552-1623)4
Greaves, John4
Newton, Isaac4
Newton, Isaac (1642-1727)4
Airy, Wilfrid3
Bude, Guillaume2

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Libri quinque de Mensuris & ponderibus

Agricola, Georg (1494-1555); Budé, Guillaume (1468-1540); Porzio, Simone (1496-1554)

1533

Contents: lib. primus. De mensuris romanis.--lib. secundus. De mensuris graecis.--lib. tertius. De pondere rerum quas metimur.-- lib. quartus. De ponderibus romanis.--lib. quintus. De ponderibus graec...

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On the ancient weights of Britain

Airy, Wilfrid

1913

"Excerpt minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Vol. cxci. Session 1912-1913. Part i".

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Proposition faite à l'Assemblée nationale, sur les poids et mesures

Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de prince de Bénévent (1754-1838); France. Assemblée nationale constituante 1789-1791

1790

Martin & Walter 32090.

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On the origin of the British measures of capacity, weight and length

Airy, Wilfrid

1909

"Excerpt minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Vol. clxxvii. Session 1908-1909. Part iii". Cover title: Airy on the the origin of the British measures of capacity, weight and...

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The general grievances and oppression of the isles of Orkney and Shetland

Mackenzie, James (fl. 1750); Groat, A C; Cheyne, Henry

1836

Reprint (including original t.-p.) edited by A. C. Groat and Henry Cheyne, of the anonymous 1750 edition. cf. Brit. mus. Catalogue.

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De gamle danske længdeenheder

Nørlund, Niels Erik (1885-); Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab

1944

"Naervaerende Afhandling udkommer samtidgt i Geodaetisk Instituts Skrifter 3. Raekke, Bind III" - title-page verso.

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Miscellaneous works of Mr. John Greaves, Professor of Astronomy in the University of Oxford: many of which are now first published (v.1)

Greaves, John (1602-1652); Newton, Isaac (1642-1727); Greaves, John (1602-1652); Greaves, John (1602-1652); Birch, Thomas (1705-1766); Bon, Ottaviano (1552-1623)

1737

Paging irregular; volumes paginated consecutively. Greaves, in his dedication, wrongly attributes "A description of the grand seignor's seraglio" to its translator, Robert Withers; actually by Ottav...

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Miscellaneous works of Mr. John Greaves, Professor of Astronomy in the University of Oxford: many of which are now first published (v.2)

Greaves, John (1602-1652); Newton, Isaac (1642-1727); Greaves, John (1602-1652); Greaves, John (1602-1652); Birch, Thomas (1705-1766); Bon, Ottaviano (1552-1623)

1737

Paging irregular; volumes paginated consecutively. Greaves, in his dedication, wrongly attributes "A description of the grand seignor's seraglio" to its translator, Robert Withers; actually by Ottav...

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