| William Duane - 1811 - 378 σελίδες
...old tedious and confused Roman mode of computation by alphabetical letters ; they are as follow ; One 1 Two .... 2 Three 3 Four ... - . 4 Five ' -' - - 5 Six 6 Seven - - - - - 7 Eight 8 Nine 9 Cypher 0 The first nine of these are called significant figures, to distinguish them from the cypher,... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1825 - 176 σελίδες
...is one. I want more, I want ten if you please. Here are ten. Count them. I will. Ofte(l),two(2]Ji, three (3), four (4), five (5), six (6), seven (7)•, eight (8), nine (9), ten (10). Lesson 16. . Tom fell in the pond; they got him out, but he was wet and cold; and his... | |
| Daniel Adams - 1828 - 266 σελίδες
...IOO.orV.J CCIOO.orX. 100O. CCCIOOD.orC. M. MM. A unit, unity, or one, is represented by this character, 1. Two 2. Three 3. Four 4. Five . 5. Six 6. Seven 7. Eight 8. Nine 9. Ten has no appropriate character to represent it ; but is considered as forming a unit of a second... | |
| Daniel Adams - 1828 - 286 σελίδες
...LXX. One million M. I.XXX. Two million TSM. A unit, unity, or one, is represented by this character, 1 . Two . ' 2. Three 3. Four 4. Five 5. Six .6. Seven " 7. .Eight .....,..-.. 8. Nine 9. Ten has no appropriate character to represent it ; but is considered as forming a unit of a second... | |
| James L. Connolly (mathematician.) - 1829 - 266 σελίδες
...numbers, characters, or figures, and teaches to read and write them by their true value. Thus, one I, two 2, three 3, four 4, five 5, six 6, seven 7, eight 8, nine 9, nought or cipher 0; and this is the reading and writing of figures. These nine figures or digits... | |
| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1830 - 286 σελίδες
...eight, MDCCCXXVIII. 1T VI. We have a shorter method still, which is in very general use, as will appear by observing what follows : — A unit, or one, is...Four, 4. Five, 5. Six, 6. Seven, 7. Eight, 8. Nine, 9. Q. What are these characters called ? A. Figures. Q. By what other name are they sometimes called... | |
| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1831 - 286 σελίδες
...an inkstand; how much do they come to? How many are thirteen and three ? 25. Count one hundred. One 1 Two 2 Three 3 Four 4 Five 5 Six 6 Seven 7 Eight 8 Nine 9 Ten 10 Eleven 11 Twelve 12 miurteen ..13 Fourteen ..14 Fifteen 15 Sixteen 16 Seventeen . 17 Eighteen... | |
| James L. Connolly (mathematician.) - 1835 - 264 σελίδες
...characters, or figures, and teaches to read and write them by their true value. Thus, one 1, two 3, three 3, four 4, five 5, six 6, seven 7, eight 8, nine 9, nought or cipher 0 ; and this is the reading . and writing of figures. These nine figures or digits... | |
| William Ruger - 1836 - 274 σελίδες
...employed in the Arabick method, are ex* pressed and writteii as follows : — Unit, unity or one, I Two, . 2 Three, 3 Four, 4 Five, 5 Six, 6 Seven, 7 Eight, 8 Nine, . 9 And a cipher, 0 These figures are also called digits, from the Latin word lUgitus, a' finger. The,'... | |
| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1839 - 308 σελίδες
...thousand, MM. MDCCCXXXIV » VI. We have a shorter method still, which is in rery general t. as will appear by observing what follows : — A unit, or 'one, is...written..... 1. Two, 2. Three, 3. Four, 4. Five, 5. Six, C. Seven, 7. Eight, 8. Nine, 9. Q. What are these characters called ? A. Figures. Q. By what other... | |
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