De Saulcy has made great advances in decyphering the Demotic writing of Egypt, in which, from Champollion's death to 1843, little had been done.
In these inscriptions one group of characters was repeated more frequently than any other, and all agreed that the decyphering of this group would furnish a key to the whole.
It is unnecessary to note in detail the difficulties and great labor attending the decyphering of the Behistun tablets, on which Major Rawlinson was occupied from time to time during a space of ten years.
The history we have already given of the progress made indecyphering these characters applies exclusively to one of the varieties on the tablets of Persia.
On the Decyphering of the Median species of Arrow-headed Writing, by N.
Being a commentary on certain fundamental principles in the art of decyphering the "cuneatic" characters of the ancient Assyrians, by G.
On theDecyphering of the second Achaemenian or Median species of Arrow-headed Writing; by N.
A full account of these discoveries and of the attempts at decyphering the inscriptions was published in 1845 in the first volume of the Transactions of the Ethnological Society of this city.
With this dark prospect in view, the task of decyphering the arrow-headed characters was attempted by M.
The result of Major Rawlinson's first attempt at decyphering the Behistun inscription, was the identification of several proper names, and consequently the values of additional characters towards the completion of the alphabet.
Quaere for his decyphering the inscription on Sir Thomas More's family-picture at Bessills-Leigh.
Memorandum--this decyphering gives great light to the antiquitie of the family which els would be lost utterly.
The first remarqueable passage of his life was his decyphering the letters of King Charles I taken at the battle at Nasby, which booke is called The King's Cabinet Opened, printed at London, .
Miss Tyrold, you are to be auditor and judge: and I will save you the time and the trouble which decyphering this animal, so truly a non-descript, might cost you.
During this interval, Eugenia, who had a passion for reading epitaphs and inscriptions, became so intently engaged in decyphering some old verses on an antique tablet, that she perceived not when Dr.
Persons accustomed to decypher European correspondence for diplomatic purposes, will pronounce best on the practicability of this method for the decyphering of modern languages.
Were I to attempt the decyphering of Ferentum, I should proceed in a manner analogous to that above.
And here it is proper to take notice of a circumstance of which I must continually put the reader in mind, as it is of great consequence towards decyphering the mythology of antient times.
The sense of the writer would be very likely to suffer by this process of decyphering and translating.
I have received many long letters from you, which I am as busy in decyphering as my health will permit.
My friend himself seemed to entertain the same hope, and although the papers had been partly consumed by the fire, yet he was not discouraged, and undertook the laborious task ofdecyphering them.
We concluded from this, that he had not yet finished decyphering of the papers.
The lesson went on, and in somewhat less than half an hour he had mastered several verses, and now knew perfectly how to make use of the letters in decyphering the several words.
For if the child be allowed to read on and on, while the difficulty of decyphering the words in the book remains, the ideas will be left behind, the attention will be fatigued, and at last exhausted.
But the art of reading is not yet familiar, and he has to bend part of his attention to the decyphering of the words, as well as to the perception and reiteration of the ideas.
But in learning to read, the difficulty of decyphering the words, tends to interfere with this law, and this must be guarded against.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "decyphering" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
