| William Duane - 1811 - 378 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 eyes... | |
| Daniel Adams - 1828 - 286 páginas
...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... | |
| Daniel Adams - 1828 - 266 páginas
...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... | |
| James L. Connolly (mathematician.) - 1829 - 266 páginas
...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 are... | |
| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1830 - 286 páginas
...shorter method still, which is in very general use, as will appear by observing what follows : — A unit, or one, is written 1. Two, 2. Three, 3. Four,...Eight, 8. Nine, 9. Q. What are these characters called ? A. Figures. Q. By what other name are they sometimes called ? A. The Э digits. Ç. What is this... | |
| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1831 - 286 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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,'... | |
| Daniel Adams - 1839 - 276 páginas
...number increases its value one thousand timet 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... | |
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