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... latter being generally impelled by a pendu- lum , though sometimes also by springs , but chiefly from a watch being so contrived as to be carried in the pocket . The precise period when watches were first used is not known ; the ...
... latter being generally impelled by a pendu- lum , though sometimes also by springs , but chiefly from a watch being so contrived as to be carried in the pocket . The precise period when watches were first used is not known ; the ...
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... latter is the most antient orthography , took its name from the Latin word calendarium , either from the book of accounts kept by them of the money they let out upon interest — which they termed use money , and were in the habit of call ...
... latter is the most antient orthography , took its name from the Latin word calendarium , either from the book of accounts kept by them of the money they let out upon interest — which they termed use money , and were in the habit of call ...
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... latter etymology is now ad- mitted , and in all probability correctly so ; for , as the first calendars were called fasti calendares , it would seem that the people borrowed the name of their private account books from that epithet ...
... latter etymology is now ad- mitted , and in all probability correctly so ; for , as the first calendars were called fasti calendares , it would seem that the people borrowed the name of their private account books from that epithet ...
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... ought to have intercalated that day which is made up out of the four times six hours , at the latter end of each fourth year , and the beginning of the fifth , says they made the intercalation the beginning of each fourth year 26.
... ought to have intercalated that day which is made up out of the four times six hours , at the latter end of each fourth year , and the beginning of the fifth , says they made the intercalation the beginning of each fourth year 26.
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... latter also , the diminutive annulus signifies a small circle , or a ring . The Egyptians too represented the year by a snake with the tail in its mouth , thereby forming a ring ; whence , perhaps , the name of the zodiac , or the ...
... latter also , the diminutive annulus signifies a small circle , or a ring . The Egyptians too represented the year by a snake with the tail in its mouth , thereby forming a ring ; whence , perhaps , the name of the zodiac , or the ...
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