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Geminiano Montanari professore delle matematiche in Padova. Aggiontovi un trattato postumo del mare Adriatico, e sua corrente esaminata, co la naturalezza de fiumi scoperta, e con nove forme di ripari
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Graziani, Montanari succeeds in explaining all the general phenomena of value, though without thoroughly understanding the intricate and difficult subject – the value of money.
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625:. In Bologna: Emilio Maria & fratelli Manolessi. 1671
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