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... seems hazardous , that the adeλpoi are the brothers M. Aurelius Antoninus and L. Aurelius Verus , who were joint - Emperors from 160 to 169 A.D. This date being assigned to Isidoros , it would follow that Hypsikles should be placed ...
... seems hazardous , that the adeλpoi are the brothers M. Aurelius Antoninus and L. Aurelius Verus , who were joint - Emperors from 160 to 169 A.D. This date being assigned to Isidoros , it would follow that Hypsikles should be placed ...
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... seems curious that Cossali should remark upon Abu'lfaraj's ignorance of Greek and yet suppose that he made a statement merely upon the authority of Suidas ; and the ques- tion suggests itself : had Abu'lfaraj no other authority ? We 3 1 ...
... seems curious that Cossali should remark upon Abu'lfaraj's ignorance of Greek and yet suppose that he made a statement merely upon the authority of Suidas ; and the ques- tion suggests itself : had Abu'lfaraj no other authority ? We 3 1 ...
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... seem however to be but one possibility which would make Abu'lfaraj's statement trustworthy . Is it possible that the two persons , whom he is supposed to have confused , are identical ? Is it a sufficient objection that Liba- nius ...
... seem however to be but one possibility which would make Abu'lfaraj's statement trustworthy . Is it possible that the two persons , whom he is supposed to have confused , are identical ? Is it a sufficient objection that Liba- nius ...
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... seems to me anything but probable . Besides , this involves two changes , whereas the change of Aew into Aco involves only one variation . This latter change then is the smaller one , and why should it L 1 " Questi anni passati ...
... seems to me anything but probable . Besides , this involves two changes , whereas the change of Aew into Aco involves only one variation . This latter change then is the smaller one , and why should it L 1 " Questi anni passati ...
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... seems to me by far the more likely of the two ; for the long and short vowels o , must have been closely associated , as is proved by the fact that in ancient inscriptions ' we find O written for both O and indiscriminately , and in ...
... seems to me by far the more likely of the two ; for the long and short vowels o , must have been closely associated , as is proved by the fact that in ancient inscriptions ' we find O written for both O and indiscriminately , and in ...
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Abu'l-Wafa Algebra Alkarkhi Arabian Arithmetics Assume Ave Maria Lane Ax² Bachet Bombelli C. J. CLAY Cambridge University Press CLAY & SONS coefficients College commentary condition Cossali Crown 8vo cube Demy 8vo difference Diophantos edition Editor English equal Fellow Fermat final sigma find a right-angled find three numbers find two numbers fraction given number given ratio gives Greek Hence hypotenuse Hypsikles indeterminate equations LL.D Maximus Planudes mentioned method Mohammed ibn Mūsā multiplied Nesselmann Nikomachos notation Notes phantos Polygonal Numbers Porisms problem Professor quadratic Regiomontanus remark required number result right-angled triangle roots side solution solved square number St John's College subtract Suidas symbol Tannery term Theon of Alexandria third translation treatise Trinity College University of Cambridge University Press Warehouse unknown quantity whence words write Xylander δὲ εἰς ἐν καὶ τὰ τὸ τοῦ τῶν
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