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... appear until the mid - 16th century , and then it appears in a mining treatise . Here a screw tapered to a point and , carrying a slotted head , looking very familiar except for its left - handed thread , is described so casually as to ...
... appear until the mid - 16th century , and then it appears in a mining treatise . Here a screw tapered to a point and , carrying a slotted head , looking very familiar except for its left - handed thread , is described so casually as to ...
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... appear to be many differences in the actual regulations of the various city - states , it can be contended that Greek law was instead a plurality of laws . The legal capacity of women , for example , was very restricted in Athens , much ...
... appear to be many differences in the actual regulations of the various city - states , it can be contended that Greek law was instead a plurality of laws . The legal capacity of women , for example , was very restricted in Athens , much ...
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... appear , not repre- senting any of the great gods but yakṣas , or local chthon- ic ( earth or fertility ) divinities , of whom several large , rather crude figures survive . The original locations of these images are uncertain , but ...
... appear , not repre- senting any of the great gods but yakṣas , or local chthon- ic ( earth or fertility ) divinities , of whom several large , rather crude figures survive . The original locations of these images are uncertain , but ...
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