A discourse of the Roman foot, and Denarius: from whence, as from two principles, the measures, and weights, used by the ancients, may be deduced (1647)
Greaves, John, 1602-1652 · London : Printed by M. F. for William Lee · leaf 8
xford in the Honoura-ble Houfe of Commons,SIR, ^Hat 1 Jhotildfrefent Toft^rt^bo havefo honourablj deferved of Antl-c^ttitjy andoj four Countrj^and^ifI may add mine o^n lA^ligationSyinparticular of me, withfo fma/i aretribution^as a Romane foor,(^Denarius, may feem more proportionable to mine… … Seldenus, An elogy long jince given Tou by a man, rpho isdefervedly efteerned7n»^av acTuf/of a>A<y7, the lear-ned Hugo Grotius, Tou arebefl able to judge ofvhat importance thefe two are, in the difcovery ofthe WeightSyandmeafuresj ufedby the Ancients. And firfiyfor meafures^the nON, or cubit…
Weights and measures
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