Dictionary of Phrase and Fable : E. Cobham Brewer from the New and Enlarged Edition of 1894

By Brewer, Rev. E. Cobham, Ll. D.

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Title:	Dictionary of Phrase and Fable : E. Cobham Brewer from the New and Enlarged Edition of 1894
Author:	Brewer, Rev. E. Cobham, Ll. D.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
Collections:	Blackmask Online Collection
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Publisher:	Blackmask Online


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Description
Excerpt: Abacus A small frame with wires stretched across it. Each wire contains ten movable balls, which can be shifted backwards or forwards, so as to vary ad libitum the number in two or more blocks. It is used to teach children addition and subtraction. The ancient Greeks and Romans employed it for calculations, and so do the Chinese. The word is derived from the Phoen. abak (dust); the Orientals used tables covered with dust for ciphering and diagrams. In Turkish schools this method is still used for teaching writing. The multiplication table invented by Pythagoras is called Abacus Pythagoricus. (Latin, abacus)

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 1 -- E. COBHAM BREWER FROM THE NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION OF 1894, 1 -- A, 1 -- B, 182 -- C, 447 -- D, 741 -- E, 916 -- F, 1002 -- G, 1140 -- H, 1301 -- I, 1470 -- J, 1528 -- K, 1587 -- L, 1641 -- M, 1786 -- N, 1973 -- O, 2043 -- P, 2094 -- Q, 2293 -- R, 2314 -- S, 2436 -- T, 2697 -- U, 2824 -- V, 2842 -- W, 2871 -- X, 2951 -- Y, 2952 -- Z, 2962