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German original and wrote diverse papers such as "An Enquiry into the Measure of the Roman Foot" (1760) and "Observations on the Moon's Eclipse, March 17., and the Sun's Eclipse, April 1, 1764."
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Die Zigeuner. Ein historischer Versuch über die Lebensart und Verfassung, Sitten und Schicksale dieses Volks in Europa, nebst ihrem Ursprunge
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in 1771 for a paper "Inquiry into the Value of the ancient Greek and Roman Money." He translated
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Bibliotheca britannica; or, a general index to British and foreign literature
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Matthew Raper's father was also named Matthew and left him the Manor of
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British astronomer, mathematician and scholar; (1705–1778)
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ancient Greek coinage
Roman currency
Royal Society
Copley Medal
Heinrich Moritz Gottlieb Grellmann
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Thorley, Hertfordshire
"An Inquiry into the Value of the ancient Greek and Roman Money"
Royal Society
Watt, Robert
Bibliotheca britannica; or, a general index to British and foreign literature

Matthew Raper
Thorley Manor House
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e
Copley Medallists
John Canton
John Pringle
Benjamin Franklin
William Lewis
John Huxham
Charles Cavendish
John Dollond
John Smeaton
Benjamin Wilson
John Canton
William Brownrigg
Edward Delaval

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