Miscellaneous Works of Mr. John Greaves: Many of which are Now First Published : I. Pyramidographia : II. a Discourse of the Roman Foot : III. Tracts Upon Various Subjects : IV. a Description of the Grand Seignor's Seraglio : to which are Added, I. Reflections on the Pyramidographia, Written by an Anonymous Author : II. a Dissertation Upon the Sacred Cubit of the Jews : Translated from the Latin of Sir Isaac Newton, Not Yet Published : to the Whole is Prefix'd, an Historical and Critical Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, כרך 1J. Hughs, 1737 |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 79
עמוד xli
... ; who , in the Preface to his Aftronomica quædam , tells us , that it was very near four hundred years before , that Gerardus Cremonenfis , a man excellently ❤ " skill'd > skill'd in the Arabic language , tho ' not Mr. JOHN GREAves . xli.
... ; who , in the Preface to his Aftronomica quædam , tells us , that it was very near four hundred years before , that Gerardus Cremonenfis , a man excellently ❤ " skill'd > skill'd in the Arabic language , tho ' not Mr. JOHN GREAves . xli.
עמוד xlvii
... hundred and fixty years before Mr. Greaves wrote . And to pafs over other writers , ( about thirty of whom are cited in the geo- graphy of Abulfeda ) , Gabriel Sionita and John Hefronita publifh'd the Geographia Nubienfis , with a Latin ...
... hundred and fixty years before Mr. Greaves wrote . And to pafs over other writers , ( about thirty of whom are cited in the geo- graphy of Abulfeda ) , Gabriel Sionita and John Hefronita publifh'd the Geographia Nubienfis , with a Latin ...
עמוד xlviii
... hundred years in Afia , were entirely extinguish'd . It is probable , that Naffir Eddin was advanc'd to great honours by Holac , and had a con- fiderable share in his friendship ; and under his patronage form'd the aftronomical tables ...
... hundred years in Afia , were entirely extinguish'd . It is probable , that Naffir Eddin was advanc'd to great honours by Holac , and had a con- fiderable share in his friendship ; and under his patronage form'd the aftronomical tables ...
עמוד lxxv
... hundred thirty eight , and one thousand fix hundred thirty nine , or in the thousand forty and eighth year of the Hegira . For I twice went to Grand Cairo from Alexan- dria , and from thence into the de- ferts , for the greater ...
... hundred thirty eight , and one thousand fix hundred thirty nine , or in the thousand forty and eighth year of the Hegira . For I twice went to Grand Cairo from Alexan- dria , and from thence into the de- ferts , for the greater ...
עמוד 5
... hundred and fixty thousand , which Herodotus mentions only to have been an hundred thousand ; though both of them concur , and ( m ) Pliny with them both , that twenty years were fpent in the building this Pyramid . Concerning the ...
... hundred and fixty thousand , which Herodotus mentions only to have been an hundred thousand ; though both of them concur , and ( m ) Pliny with them both , that twenty years were fpent in the building this Pyramid . Concerning the ...
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Abulfeda Ægypt affes affigned Aftronomy alfo almoſt alſo amongst ancient anſwer Arabians Attick drachme aurei aureus bafis becauſe befides beſt coins confequently congius cubit defcribed defcription denarius denarius Confularis difcourfe dimenfions Diodorus diſcover doth drachmes Egypt Egyptians expreffed fame fecond feems feen feet fepulchres feven feveral fhall fhew fhould fide filver fince firft firſt fome fometimes fpeak fquare ftandard ftands ftone fuch fuppofe furely grains Greaves Greek hath Hefychius Herodotus himſelf hundred imbalmed Jerufalem Jofeph John Greaves Julius Pollux king lefs Manethos marble meaſures Mofes moft moſt muſt obferved occafion ounce paffage paffed Perfian Plin Pliny Plutarch pondus prefent proportion Pyramid quæ quinarius reafon refpect reft reigned Roman foot Roman pound Rome ſhall Shekel Strabo Suidas tetradrachme thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion uſed valuation Villalpandus weight writes δὲ ἐν καὶ μὲν τὰς τὸ τὸν
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 254 - Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money : that take, and give unto them for me and th^e.
עמוד 27 - And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation ? that ye shall say, Thy servants...
עמוד 110 - They fetcht massy stones from the /Ethiopians, and made with these the foundation of the three Pyramids, fastening them together with lead and iron. They built the gates of them forty cubits...
עמוד 116 - ... galleries. At the end of it, on the right hand, is the well mentioned by Pliny ; the which is circular, and not square, as the Arabian writers describe...
עמוד 61 - Pyramid, a chamber, in which there was a hollow stone : in it was a statue of stone like a man, and within it a man, upon whom was a breast-plate of gold set with jewels ; upon...
עמוד 119 - ... we at length come to another partition. The length of the gallery, from the well below to this partition above, is an hundred fifty and four feet : but if we meafure the pavement of the floor, it is...
עמוד 46 - And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.
עמוד 92 - The reft of the Sides were examined by a Line, for want of an even Level, and a convenient Diftance to place my Mtrumeots , both which the Area, on the former fide, afforded.
עמוד 118 - ... and meeting above in a kind of arch, or rather an angle. On the eaft fide of this room, in the middle of it...
עמוד 111 - He also put in the coloured Pyramid the commentaries of the Priests in chests of black marble, and with every Priest a book, in which were the wonders of his profession, and of his actions, and of his nature, and what was done in his time, and what is, and what shall be, from the beginning of time to the end of it.