 | 1885 - 900 Seiten
...ends of the fingers of the same arm, and the fourth to the ends of the fingers of the oppesite arm. Neither of the three nations was acquainted with a system of estimation by weight, or with the use of the plumbline, nor with an accurate measure of long distances. TUB MAGNETISM or... | |
 | 1885 - 532 Seiten
...standard was the customary standard. 2. In the Cakchiquel system, hand and body measures were almost exclusively used, and, of these, those of the hand...for weights and measures in order to ascertain what units, if any, were employed. Among the Mayas, checoc, the footstep, the joint or length of the foot,... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1886 - 1046 Seiten
...architecture. 4. The Aztec terms for their lineal standard being apparently of Maya origin suggests that their standard was derived from that nation....weight, nor with the use of the plumb-line, nor with an accurate measure of long distances. SOCIOLOGY. As a means of realizing a vast amount of material... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1886 - 1026 Seiten
...architecture. 4. The Aztec terms for their lineal standard being apparently of Maya origin suggests that their standard was derived from that nation....the three nations was acquainted with a system of esti mation by weight, nor with the use of the plumb-line, nor with an accurate measure of long distances.... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1886 - 1036 Seiten
...architecture. 4. The Aztec terms for their lineal standard being apparently of Maya origin suggests that their standard was derived from that nation....weight, nor with the use of the plumb-line, nor with an accurate measure of long distances. SOCIOLOGY. As a means of realizing a vast amount of material... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1886 - 1036 Seiten
...architecture. 4. The Aztec terms for their lineal standard being apparently of Maya origin suggests that their standard was derived from that nation....system of estimation by weight, nor with the use of the plunib-line, nor with an accurate measure of long distances. SOCIOLOGY. As a means of realizing a vast... | |
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... the Aztec system body measurements were unimportant, hand and arm measures held a secondary position , while the foot measure was adopted as the official and obligatory standard both in commerce and architecture. 4. The Aztec terms for their lineal... 