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... labor he , however , dis- continued , in order to restore the lost fifth book of the Conic Sections of Apollonius . This work he published in 1659 , in folio , under the title De Maximis et Minimis Geometrica Divinatio in quintum Conico ...
... labor he , however , dis- continued , in order to restore the lost fifth book of the Conic Sections of Apollonius . This work he published in 1659 , in folio , under the title De Maximis et Minimis Geometrica Divinatio in quintum Conico ...
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... labor of three years for cardinal Silvio Valenti , and which had been bequeathed by the cardinal Luigi Valenti to the Vatican li- brary , were made the basis of this work . Volpato was employed in its execution , and soon became ...
... labor of three years for cardinal Silvio Valenti , and which had been bequeathed by the cardinal Luigi Valenti to the Vatican li- brary , were made the basis of this work . Volpato was employed in its execution , and soon became ...
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... labor employed ? for the same quantity and quality of land , capital and labor will yield a greater annual product in one community than in another . What is the aggregate mass or fund out of which the dividend is to be made ? The ...
... labor employed ? for the same quantity and quality of land , capital and labor will yield a greater annual product in one community than in another . What is the aggregate mass or fund out of which the dividend is to be made ? The ...
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... labor , in different countries . If we limit the inquiry to the same community , we first ask what is the aggregate pro- duction , and how great a proportion of the whole annual product goes to labor and skill , and how much to rent and ...
... labor , in different countries . If we limit the inquiry to the same community , we first ask what is the aggregate pro- duction , and how great a proportion of the whole annual product goes to labor and skill , and how much to rent and ...
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... labor and commodities ; but it is now universally admitted that any such interpositions are most usually ineffectual , and always prejudicial . But though pos- itive regulations , in this respect , will nev- er remedy the evils of an ...
... labor and commodities ; but it is now universally admitted that any such interpositions are most usually ineffectual , and always prejudicial . But though pos- itive regulations , in this respect , will nev- er remedy the evils of an ...
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