The origin and antiquity of our English weights and measures discover'd. [electronic resource] : By their near agreement with such standards that are now found in one of the Egyptian pyramids. Together with The Explanation of divers Lines therein heretofore measur'd. By Mr. John Greaves. Astronomy Professor at Oxford. As also, some conjectures concerning the time when these pyramids were built; in Answer to certain Letters, &c.
1745
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The origin and antiquity of our English weights and measures discover'd. [electronic resource] : By their near agreement with such standards that are now found in one of the Egyptian pyramids. Together with The Explanation of divers Lines therein heretofore measur'd. By Mr. John Greaves. Astronomy Professor at Oxford. As also, some conjectures concerning the time when these pyramids were built; in Answer to certain Letters, &c.
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Origine and antiquity of our English weights and measures discover'd.
Edition
The second edition.
Publication Details
London : printed for W. Payne, opposite Durham-Yard, and W. Bathoe, in Church-Street, both in the Strand, MDCCXLV. [1745]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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[8],92p. : ill. ; 12⁰.
Note
This tract according to Biographia Britannica was not written by Greaves; in fact it is an anonymous work based on John Greaves' 'Pyramidographia'.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T113790.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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