Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 10. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 616
... Paris , and died in the year 1774 , aged 68. He was a philofopher both in genius and character . His works are , 1. L'Art de tranfpofer toutes fortes de Mufiques fans etre obligé de connoitre , ni le temps , ni le mode , published at Paris ...
... Paris , and died in the year 1774 , aged 68. He was a philofopher both in genius and character . His works are , 1. L'Art de tranfpofer toutes fortes de Mufiques fans etre obligé de connoitre , ni le temps , ni le mode , published at Paris ...
Page 714
... Paris feet Paris feet 7 inches 8 lines , or 1 yard En- glish ; the Paris foot royal exceeding the English by To parts , as in one of the following tables . This ell is divided two ways , viz . into halves , thirds , fixths , and ...
... Paris feet Paris feet 7 inches 8 lines , or 1 yard En- glish ; the Paris foot royal exceeding the English by To parts , as in one of the following tables . This ell is divided two ways , viz . into halves , thirds , fixths , and ...
Page 715
... Paris ells . Perfia , and some parts of the Indies , the gueze , whereof there are two kinds ; the royal gueze , called alfo the gueze monkelfer , containing two Pais feet ten inches eleven lines , or four - fifths of the Paris ell ...
... Paris ells . Perfia , and some parts of the Indies , the gueze , whereof there are two kinds ; the royal gueze , called alfo the gueze monkelfer , containing two Pais feet ten inches eleven lines , or four - fifths of the Paris ell ...
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