Numbering and Measuring in the Classical World download torrent
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Numbering and Measuring in the Classical World by William F Richardson
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Author: William F Richardson
Number of Pages: 90 pages
Published Date: 01 Aug 2004
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Publication Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Type: eBook
ISBN: 9781904675181
File size: 36 Mb
File Name: Numbering.and.Measuring.in.the.Classical.World.pdf
Download Link: Numbering and Measuring in the Classical World
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This volume introduces the reader to Greek and Roman ways of expressing numbers, weights and measures. These are matters often relegated to footnotes or an appendix. Yet the words, the symbols and the calculations used in the classical world have an interest in themselves and often reveal unexpected facets of the culture that employed them. The subject can be complex but this book seeks to cut it to the essentials and to avoid the aridity of larger, more technical treatments. It offers a fluid and readable text, liberally enhanced with tables and specific examples. Chapters cover the cardinal numbers, other number words, inclusive reckoning, symbols, fractions, simple arithmetic, linear measurements, measuring area and volume, measuring weight, capacity and value; financial matters; sizes of pipes and nozzles; measuring time. It is quite simply an indispensable point of reference for every student of classical culture or of ancient texts.
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Numbering and Measuring in the Classical World by William F Richardson
Author: William F Richardson
Number of Pages: 90 pages
Published Date: 01 Aug 2004
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Publication Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Type: eBook
ISBN: 9781904675181
File size: 36 Mb
File Name: Numbering.and.Measuring.in.the.Classical.World.pdf
Download Link: Numbering and Measuring in the Classical World
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This volume introduces the reader to Greek and Roman ways of expressing numbers, weights and measures. These are matters often relegated to footnotes or an appendix. Yet the words, the symbols and the calculations used in the classical world have an interest in themselves and often reveal unexpected facets of the culture that employed them. The subject can be complex but this book seeks to cut it to the essentials and to avoid the aridity of larger, more technical treatments. It offers a fluid and readable text, liberally enhanced with tables and specific examples. Chapters cover the cardinal numbers, other number words, inclusive reckoning, symbols, fractions, simple arithmetic, linear measurements, measuring area and volume, measuring weight, capacity and value; financial matters; sizes of pipes and nozzles; measuring time. It is quite simply an indispensable point of reference for every student of classical culture or of ancient texts.
Read online Numbering and Measuring in the Classical World Buy Numbering and Measuring in the Classical World Download Numbering and Measuring in the Classical World for pc, mac, kindle, readers Download to iPad/iPhone/iOS, B&N nook Numbering and Measuring in the Classical World ebook, pdf, djvu, epub, mobi, fb2, zip, rar, torrent