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186 from Greek and Roman Materials

1. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890) (eds. G. E. Marindin, William Smith, LLD, William Wayte) alphabetic letter A
   Thales reckoned two only (viz. (25.79)

2. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890) (eds. G. E. Marindin, William Smith, LLD, William Wayte) alphabetic letter A
   ii. 2), was first added to the Grecian catalogues by Thales, by whom it may possibly have been imported from the East; and while, from its close resemblance in form, it shared the names of (25.79)

3. Charles Short, Charlton T. Lewis, A Latin Dictionary alphabetic letter F, entry fi_ni^o
   . could not be defined, marked out, on that solid globe (of Thales), : (20.42)

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1 from Renaissance Materials

1. Sir Philip Sidney, Defence of Poesie paragraph 5
   So Thales, Empedocles, and Parmenides, sang their naturall Philosophie in verses. (3.68)

3 from The Bolles Collection on the History of London

1. London: Volume 5 (ed. Charles Knight) chapter 23, page 366
   Thus we have Roger Bacon, Archimedes, Descartes, and Thales, in one combination; Homer, Milton, Shakspere, Spenser, Chaucer, and Sappho, in another; Alfred the Great, Penn, and Lycurgus, in a third. (5.16)

2. Thomas Allen, The City and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and Parts Adjacent: Volume 4 chapter 5
   The group below, on the left hand, in this picture, consists of Roger Bacon, Archimedes, Descartes, and Thales; behind them stand sir Francis Bacon, Copernicus, Galileo, and sir Isaac Newton, regarding with awe and admiration a solar system, which two angels are unveiling and explaining to them. (2.25)

3. Sidney Lee, Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome alphabetic letter F, entry 10363
   FIELDING, THALES (1793-1837) (2.19)

1 from American Memory: California

1. Six months in California. By J.G. Player-Frowd page 3
   The HISTORY of PHILOSOPHY, from Thales to Comte. (5.58)