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Page 174
... weight 120 times as great , which would be quite out of proportion to a man's capacity for lifting . So the drachm which was in weight the hundredth of a mina , and the obol which was in weight the sixth of a drachm only came into ...
... weight 120 times as great , which would be quite out of proportion to a man's capacity for lifting . So the drachm which was in weight the hundredth of a mina , and the obol which was in weight the sixth of a drachm only came into ...
Page 195
... weights of Pheidon being in use at Athens at the time , it would seem that Solon somewhat augmented them at the same time that he lowered the weight of the coins . That Pheidonian weights for goods were in use in later times we already ...
... weights of Pheidon being in use at Athens at the time , it would seem that Solon somewhat augmented them at the same time that he lowered the weight of the coins . That Pheidonian weights for goods were in use in later times we already ...
Page 196
... weights , lowered the standard of the coin . Formerly I supposed that his standard was slightly heavier than the Euboic , 67.5 grains for the drachm , in place of 65. But I am now convinced that this slight increase in the weight came ...
... weights , lowered the standard of the coin . Formerly I supposed that his standard was slightly heavier than the Euboic , 67.5 grains for the drachm , in place of 65. But I am now convinced that this slight increase in the weight came ...
Contents
Ninth Annual General Meeting JULY 5 1911 ADDRESS BY | 3 |
WARTON LECTURE ON ENGLISH POETRY | 4 |
HENRY CHARLES LEA 18251909 By E P CHEYNEY | 17 |
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