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John Greaves

1602–8 October 1652

18 works

1646–1649 across 5 dated works

An English mathematician, astronomer and antiquary (<a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Greaves>Wikipedia).

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Pyramidographia: or a description of the pyramids in Aegypt1646
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
A discourse of the Romane foot and denarius: from whence, as from two principles, the measures and weights used by the ancients may be deduced1647
Discovrse of the Romane foot and denarivs: from whence, as from two principles, the measvres and weights, used by the ancients, may be deduced.1647

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Miscellaneous works of Mr. John Greaves ... many of which are now first published ... : to the whole is prefix'd, An historical and critical account of the life and writings of the author1737
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Pyramidographia: or a description of the pyramids in Aegypt1646
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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
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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'd1745
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Elementa linguae Persicae1649
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The origine 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 pyramides. Together, with the explanation of divers lines therein heretofore measur'd1706
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A discourse of the Romane foot and denarius: from whence, as from two principles, the measures and weights used by the ancients may be deduced1647
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Discovrse of the Romane foot and denarivs: from whence, as from two principles, the measvres and weights, used by the ancients, may be deduced.1647
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Miscellaneous works of Mr John Greaves, Professor of astronomy in the University of Oxford: many of which are now first published1737
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Anonymus persa de siglis Arabum & Persarum astronomicis1648
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Miscellaneous works ... many of which are now first published ...: To the whole is prefix'd, An historical and critical account of the life and writings of the author ...1737
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Miscellaneous works: of Mr. John Greaves, professor of Astronomy in the University of Oxford: ... I. Pyramidographia; ... II. A discourse of the Roman foot, ... III. Tracts upon various subjects, ... IV. A description of the Grand Seignor's seraglio. ... Adorn'd with sculptures. To the whole is prefix'd, an historical and critical account of the life and writings of the author. In two volumes. Published by Thomas Birch, ...1737
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Description des pyramides d'Bgypte[!]1696
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The origine and antiquity of our English weights and measures discover'd, by their near agreement with suchstandards that are now found in one of the Egyptian pyramides: together with the explanation of divers lines therein heretofore measur'd ...1727
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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 ...1745
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Chorasmiae et Mawaralnahrae hoc est regionum extra fluvium Oxum descriptio1650
With ابو الفداء اسماعيل بن علي،
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Elementa lingua︠e︡ Persica︠e︡1649
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Cl. V. Iohannis bainbrigii, astronomiæ, in celeberrimâ Academiâ Oxoniensi, Professoris Saviliani, Canicularia, unà cum demonstratione ortus Sirii heliaci, pro parallelo inferioris Ǣgypti1648
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