Excerpt from Metrologie, ou Tables pour Servir A l'Intelligence des Poids Et Mesures des Anciens, Et Principalement A Déterminer la Valeur des Monnoies Grecques Et Romaines: D'Après Leur Rapport Avec les Poids, les Mesures Et le Numéraire Actuel de la France
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