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Page 168
... probably by doing this that Pheidon attained his fame in Greece . It is probable that he merely regularized existing measures and weights , not inventing them , but making them systematic and consistent . These Pheidonian weights are in ...
... probably by doing this that Pheidon attained his fame in Greece . It is probable that he merely regularized existing measures and weights , not inventing them , but making them systematic and consistent . These Pheidonian weights are in ...
Page 275
... probably the genuine form . It is given in the genitive case , so that in the nominative it would have been povris or Frutis , practically the same word as old Welsh frut , ' a stream , ' whence in the Book of Llan Dâv , Camfrut ...
... probably the genuine form . It is given in the genitive case , so that in the nominative it would have been povris or Frutis , practically the same word as old Welsh frut , ' a stream , ' whence in the Book of Llan Dâv , Camfrut ...
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... probably chosen or selected ' , and in the case of a male divinity the selection was doubtless on the score of his excelling in feats of valour . Compare such Celtic names as Irish Fergus , Mod . Ir . Fearghus , Welsh Gurgust , Grwst ...
... probably chosen or selected ' , and in the case of a male divinity the selection was doubtless on the score of his excelling in feats of valour . Compare such Celtic names as Irish Fergus , Mod . Ir . Fearghus , Welsh Gurgust , Grwst ...
Contents
NINTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING JULY 5 1911 ADDRESS BY | 3 |
SIR A C LYALL 18351911 BY LORD REAY ACTING PRESIDENT | 17 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 23 |
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