The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 2Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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... remained an educational centre , with schools in classical studies and in medicine . In the mid - 19th century , when Japan was still closed to most Westerners , the Dutch lan- guage and Western science were studied by the Japanese in ...
... remained an educational centre , with schools in classical studies and in medicine . In the mid - 19th century , when Japan was still closed to most Westerners , the Dutch lan- guage and Western science were studied by the Japanese in ...
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... remained until 1808. Water was supplied to both banks by two fire pumps , developed by Jacques - Constantin Périer and his father , Auguste - Charles . The wall of the farmers - general , built in the 1780s to facilitate the levying of ...
... remained until 1808. Water was supplied to both banks by two fire pumps , developed by Jacques - Constantin Périer and his father , Auguste - Charles . The wall of the farmers - general , built in the 1780s to facilitate the levying of ...
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... remained the capital of China except for a brief period ( 1928-49 ) when the Nationalist government again made Nanking the capital ( although the capital was removed to Chungking during World War II ) ; during that time Peking once ...
... remained the capital of China except for a brief period ( 1928-49 ) when the Nationalist government again made Nanking the capital ( although the capital was removed to Chungking during World War II ) ; during that time Peking once ...
Contents
NUMBER GAMES and Other Mathematical Recreations | 1 |
NUMBER THEORY | 14 |
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS | 38 |
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