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Page 111
... mathematical computation which Watt had necessity of employ- ing at the central point between observation and articulation , and the long areaway traversed by the prophet and philosopher , which mathematics at that stage represented ...
... mathematical computation which Watt had necessity of employ- ing at the central point between observation and articulation , and the long areaway traversed by the prophet and philosopher , which mathematics at that stage represented ...
Page 140
... mathematical and geometrical attainments of the early Mediterraneans . The latter's mathematical treatises , together ... mathematics externally in their caravan navi- gation and found the use of angular measurement sights reliable 140 ...
... mathematical and geometrical attainments of the early Mediterraneans . The latter's mathematical treatises , together ... mathematics externally in their caravan navi- gation and found the use of angular measurement sights reliable 140 ...
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... mathematical coursing they invented algebra , which derives , etymologically , from aljebr , the reunion of broken ... mathematics , as the mechanical extension means of society , a drama which was to world - unfurl the principle of ...
... mathematical coursing they invented algebra , which derives , etymologically , from aljebr , the reunion of broken ... mathematics , as the mechanical extension means of society , a drama which was to world - unfurl the principle of ...
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Meet Mr Murphy | 1 |
Stomach Rhythms Not All Rhumbas | 5 |
S a House Darling | 9 |
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