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Excerpt from Encyclopaedia, or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Vol. 11 of 18: Constructed on a Plan, by Which the Different Sciences and Arts Are Digested Into the Form of Distinct Treatises or Systems, Comprehending the History, Theory, and Practice, of Each, According to the Latest Discoveries and Improvements; Med-Mid
In Greece, large fums were determined by mm: or mine; and the molt capital fums by Ialentr. In every country the mina is fuppofed to have contained too drachmae or fmall tilver coins, of that country, and the talent 60 mines. The mina is i'uppofed to be a. Pound weight of the country to which it belonged.
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