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elfa wrote in
: This I never heard, but sounds interesting. There are also clocks that have the numbers facing backwards with the hands that turn backwards. They're for barbershops so the patron can see the time by looking at a reflection of it in the mirror. elfa |
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Michael Moore wrote in news:Ho96D2.Do5@campus-news-
reading.utoronto.ca: I see that I have much to learn. Although the IIII may add to symmetry of clock dials, this form of the number does have historical precedent going back to the early Romans, Etruscans, and the Hittites -- same for using VIIII for 9 (an 'additive' system was a constant in early Roman numeration). The IV form (a 'subtractive' system) was probable adopted later. Consider for example that it was not until the middle of the fifteenth century that the first documented cases of the use of IX for 9 occur. The first use of the IV was noted in the Middle Ages (?). -- M2 |
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"Sol": Apparently my Word isn't set to correct Roman numerals.
LOL Thanks to Michael for that "subtractive" thing. I'd never thought of that, either. Although I'd learned the subtractive version in school, I recall always seeing the additive Roman 4s and 9s on old clocks, clocks older than I am. G Involving the subtractive versions does seem to make it harder for me to read some large Roman numeral numbers, like copyright dates. Bill, K5BY |
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In article , pierrot51
@hotmail.com says... I have two very good digital tuning shortwave radios, one with synchronous sideband, but I find myself choosing to play with and listen to the little analog tuning portable I have most of the time. I like to be able to scan the bands by hand with the dial and to see where I am. When I let the digital do this automatically, it just doesn't seem the same. I just don't derive the same pleasure from the digital tuning, and I have no plans to ever be a part of digital radio. Anyone else feel like that? Maybe it's because my first shortwave was in the 1960's. I still find myself longing for the RadioShack DX-160 I had to sell several years ago. No digital tuning, but the SOUND was GREAT! If I want to zero in on a particular frequency, the digital tuning is a nice thing to have, but if I just want to turn on the radio and listen just for the sheer enjoyment of hearing the program, that old DX-160 was just perfect. Soon as I get some spare cash together, and get out from under some bills, I think I'm gonna hit the TRW Swap Meet, do some surfing around eBay, and see what kind of a bargain I can find. I have the perfect place for it all picked out and ready.... -- -- //Steve// Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS Fountain Valley, CA Email: Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~kb6ojs_steve |
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