More Tell Me why: Answers to Over 400 Questions Children Ask Most OftenA general reference work with answers to over 400 questions about general science and natural history. |
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... invented mathematics ? 331 How did democracy originate ? 374 What is the metric system ? 332 What was the feudal system ? 375 Who invented the zero ? 333 How did our laws originate ? 376 What is geometry ? 334 What is the Bill of Rights ...
... invented mathematics ? 331 How did democracy originate ? 374 What is the metric system ? 332 What was the feudal system ? 375 Who invented the zero ? 333 How did our laws originate ? 376 What is geometry ? 334 What is the Bill of Rights ...
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... INVENTED SHORTHAND ? Shorthand is the art of writing by means of signs that can be made quickly . These signs , which are not the same as words , can be read later by a person who knows the system . Today , the word shorthand is used to ...
... INVENTED SHORTHAND ? Shorthand is the art of writing by means of signs that can be made quickly . These signs , which are not the same as words , can be read later by a person who knows the system . Today , the word shorthand is used to ...
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... invented in the late 1880's , movies at last became possible . Then two men invented machines at the same time to photograph and show pictures of things in motion . One was Thomas A. Edison , who invented a " kinetoscope , " and the ...
... invented in the late 1880's , movies at last became possible . Then two men invented machines at the same time to photograph and show pictures of things in motion . One was Thomas A. Edison , who invented a " kinetoscope , " and the ...
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