Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern India, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1817 - 378 pages |
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Page 59
... continued to construct their tables by the same methods which Pto- lemy had employed , till about the end of the sixteenth century , when the theorem in question , or that on which the Hindu rule is founded , was discovered by Vieta ...
... continued to construct their tables by the same methods which Pto- lemy had employed , till about the end of the sixteenth century , when the theorem in question , or that on which the Hindu rule is founded , was discovered by Vieta ...
Page 266
... continued to increase , and after sun - set blew with excessive violence . At ten at night the admiral cut his cable , and standing out to sea , made signals for the other ships to do the same . But the roaring of the storm prevented ...
... continued to increase , and after sun - set blew with excessive violence . At ten at night the admiral cut his cable , and standing out to sea , made signals for the other ships to do the same . But the roaring of the storm prevented ...
Page 286
... continued to bear such immense prices at Rome , even in the time of Aurelian , * above two hundred years after it was first introduced there . This observation is founded on a belief entertained by the learned author , that silk , at ...
... continued to bear such immense prices at Rome , even in the time of Aurelian , * above two hundred years after it was first introduced there . This observation is founded on a belief entertained by the learned author , that silk , at ...
Page 298
... the Persian dominions by land , and continued to be conveyed thither under Seleucus Nicator and his successors . * See Pliny , lib . xii . c . 41 .. About 250 years before Christ , the Parthi- ans , 298 ANCIENT COMMERCE , & c .
... the Persian dominions by land , and continued to be conveyed thither under Seleucus Nicator and his successors . * See Pliny , lib . xii . c . 41 .. About 250 years before Christ , the Parthi- ans , 298 ANCIENT COMMERCE , & c .
Page 299
... continued to reign over Persia 477 years , when in the year 227 of our æra , the reigning prince , named Artaban , was as- sassinated and the Parthians expelled , by a Persian who afterwards took the name of Ardshir or Artaxerces ...
... continued to reign over Persia 477 years , when in the year 227 of our æra , the reigning prince , named Artaban , was as- sassinated and the Parthians expelled , by a Persian who afterwards took the name of Ardshir or Artaxerces ...
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