 ... year. If the river carried away any portion of a man's lot, he appeared before the king, and related what had happened ; upon which the king sent persons to examine, and determine by measurement the exact extent of the loss; and thenceforth only such...  history of mathematics - Seite 25von david eugene smite - 1923Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1840 - 288 Seiten
...His., iii., 241-2. C — " Sesostris also [or Rameses, 3rd King of xix dynasty] they (the Priests) declared ' made a division of the soil of Egypt among...by measurement the exact extent of the loss ; and thence' forth only such a rent was demanded of him as was proportionate to the reduced size of his... | |
 | Herodotus - 1862 - 548 Seiten
...all, and obtaining his chief revenue from the rent which the holders were required to pay him year by year. If the river carried away any portion of a man's...happened; upon which the king sent persons to examine, and herd-kings introduced them. They doubtless came from Asia into Egypt ; and though the Egyptians called... | |
 | Herodotus, George Rawlinson - 1862 - 548 Seiten
...all, and obtaining his chief revenue from the rent which the holders were required to pay him year by year. If the river carried away any portion of a man's...; upon which the king sent persons to examine, and herd-kings introduced them. They doubtless came from Asia into Egypt ; and though the Egyptians called... | |
 | Herodotus - 1875 - 656 Seiten
...all, and obtaining his chief revenue from the rent which the holders were required to pay him year by year. If the river carried away any portion of a man's lot, he appeared before the lang, and related what had happened ; upon which the king sent persons to examine, and determine by... | |
 | Herodotus - 1880 - 660 Seiten
...all, and obtaining his chief revenue from the rent which the holders were required to pay him year by year. If the river carried away any portion of a man's lot, he appeared before the long, and related what had happened ; upon which the king sent persons to examine, and determine by... | |
 | C.C. Gaither, Alma E Cavazos-Gaither - 1998 - 506 Seiten
...the soil of Egypt among the inhabitants, assigning square plots of ground of equal size to all . . .. If the river carried away any portion of a man's lot,...determine by measurement the exact extent of the loss . . .. From this practice, I think, geometry first came to be known. The History of Herodotus Book... | |
 | Abdel H. El-Shaarawi, Walter W. Piegorsch - 2002 - 660 Seiten
...division of the soil of Egypt among the inhabitants. If the river carried away any portion of a man's lot, the king sent persons to examine, and determine by measurement the exact extent of the loss. From this practice, I think, geometry first came to be known in Egypt, whence it passed into Greece.'... | |
 | Omm Sety - 2008 - 257 Seiten
...revenues from the rent that the holders were required to pay him year by year. If the river carried away a portion of a man's lot, he appeared before the king and related what happened; upon 310Frankfort 1933, pls. LXXIV-LXXX, LXXXII-LXXXV. {For more information on the modern... | |
 | 1892 - 576 Seiten
...gives us the method of procedure when the river god consumed portions of a man's landed possessions. " If the river carried away any portion of a man's lot,...exact extent of the loss; and thenceforth only such rent was demanded of him as was proportionate to the reduced size of his land. From this practice,... | |
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