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Page 213
... present time is 1.869 grain of our present standard , one grain being equal to 0.934 troy grain " ( Chisholm's ' Weighing and Measuring , ' p . 57 ) . It would appear from this that the grains are nearer to the new barley grains than to ...
... present time is 1.869 grain of our present standard , one grain being equal to 0.934 troy grain " ( Chisholm's ' Weighing and Measuring , ' p . 57 ) . It would appear from this that the grains are nearer to the new barley grains than to ...
Page 392
... present time . Balances are but I have given up the explanation there sug - struck up to the present time , and not down to it . gested , and now explain alembroth as an Arabicized " Up " in such cases does not mean high or low , and ...
... present time . Balances are but I have given up the explanation there sug - struck up to the present time , and not down to it . gested , and now explain alembroth as an Arabicized " Up " in such cases does not mean high or low , and ...
Page 468
... present on this occasion . GEO . C. BOASE . 36 , James Street , Buckingham Gate . BUSBY . - Can any reader favour me with the origin of the busby , a military headdress worn by the Horse Artillery , Hussars , & c . ? It has been stated ...
... present on this occasion . GEO . C. BOASE . 36 , James Street , Buckingham Gate . BUSBY . - Can any reader favour me with the origin of the busby , a military headdress worn by the Horse Artillery , Hussars , & c . ? It has been stated ...
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