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Occupied in celebrating the festival of Diana, they left their walls defenceless.
The Romans, always on the watch, perceived the error of their enemies, applied
scaling ladders to the wall, entered the city without opposition, took it, and
pillaged it ...
Occupied in celebrating the festival of Diana, they left their walls defenceless.
The Romans, always on the watch, perceived the error of their enemies, applied
scaling ladders to the wall, entered the city without opposition, took it, and
pillaged it ...
Page 251
The last four books contain his own profound investigations on these celebrated
curves. An edition of the first four books, with a Latin translation, was published in
1537, by Memmius, a noble Venetian. The last four were supposed to be lost, ...
The last four books contain his own profound investigations on these celebrated
curves. An edition of the first four books, with a Latin translation, was published in
1537, by Memmius, a noble Venetian. The last four were supposed to be lost, ...
Page 268
The theory of the cycloid remained stationary for some years, when it was
brought again upon the field by the celebrated Pascal, in the year 1658. Blaise
Pascal' was one of the most extraordinary men of the 17th century. His father was
a ...
The theory of the cycloid remained stationary for some years, when it was
brought again upon the field by the celebrated Pascal, in the year 1658. Blaise
Pascal' was one of the most extraordinary men of the 17th century. His father was
a ...
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Contents
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION | 1 |
NATURAL HISTORY | 16 |
C5413 II _ On ZOOLOGY | 71 |
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