Volume 1

The origin and antiquity of our English weights and measures discover'd. By their near agreement with such standards that are now found in one of the Egyptian pyramids. Together with the explanation of divers lines therein heretofore measur'd / By Mr. John Greaves ... As also, some conjectures concerning the time when these pyramids were built; in answer to certain letters, & c.

  • Greaves, John, 1602-1652.
Date:
1745
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Credit: The origin and antiquity of our English weights and measures discover'd. By their near agreement with such standards that are now found in one of the Egyptian pyramids. Together with the explanation of divers lines therein heretofore measur'd / By Mr. John Greaves ... As also, some conjectures concerning the time when these pyramids were built; in answer to certain letters, & c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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