Arabic

Examples

• Add to the solution 7 parts of pure soda, 5 of gum Arabic, and 12 of water. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Some of the greatest of Jewish literature was written in Arabic, the religious writings of Maimonides, for example. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Later on his work became better known through the Latin translations of the Arabic edition annotated by Averroes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Our modern numerals are Arabic; our arithmetic and algebra are essentially Semitic sciences. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Inventions-- Alphabetical Writing; Arabic Notation; The Mariner's Compass; The Telescope; The Steam Engine. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Their language, for the most part, is Turkish, or, rather, a dialect of the Arabic, though many of them speak also the Persian language. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• A third made use of the so-called Arabic (really Hindu) system of numerals, and wrote the first work on Algebra under that name. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The Semite rose against the Aryan, and replaced Hellenic civilization throughout Western Asia and Egypt by an Arabic culture. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The more enterprising university students found, marked, and digested the Arabic Aristotle he had made accessible to them in Latin. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Very fine bronze may be made into ink by adding water and gum arabic and shaking occasionally while writing. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Arabic paper manuscripts from the ninth century onward still exist. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Repeat the washing several times until the honey is all washed out, then dry the powdered gold leaf and mix it with water and gum arabic. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Among the great _inventions_ of the past are alphabetical writing, Arabic notation, the mariner's compass, the telescope, the printing-press, and the steam-engine. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Moreover, it is scarcely in the category of invention that the acquisition of alphabetic writing or the use of Arabic numerals properly belongs. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The Arabic chroniclers note their apparition upon the Caspian, and give them the name of Russians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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