Numbers -- Egypt -- History;Numbers in the Bible;Accounting -- Egypt -- History
In this paper the capacity limits of technological devices used in ancient Egypt are used to explain the Biblical phrase that in accounting for grain the Egyptians ran out of numbers.
John Mair, in 1752, stated, "Barter, or the exchange of goods for goods, is nothing else but buying and selling blended together." This statement, for all its seeming simplicity, is an excellent expression of the confusion which has accompanied the...
Paper -- Preservation;Periodicals -- Conservation and restoration
Many accounting documents and journals disintegrate every year due to the acidic quality of paper used in them. Using the laboratory of the Office of Preservation of the Library of Congress, certain accounting journals were analyzed for their...
Inquiry into the origin of double entry accounting has typically focused on form as the causal factor. In the present article the arguments supporting this view are reviewed and challenged by developing the substantive framework of double entry...
University of Mississippi -- History; University of Mississippi -- Students; University of Mississippi -- Baseball; University of Mississippi -- Students -- Societies and clubs; Sports;
Includes articles concerning the Ancient and Honorable Order of Rowdy Runts; the 1902 baseball season; student organizations including the Blackstone Law Club, the Hermaean Society and the Phi Sigma Society; the Lyceum Course (lecture series);...
University of Mississippi -- History; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 11th. Company A; Moore, W. D. (William D.), Rev.; University of Mississippi -- Faculty; College teachers;
W.D. Moore, Professor of Ancient and English Literature