 | Alexander Adam, Benjamin Apthorp Gould - 1839 - 344 sider
...thousand; and CCCIOOO. a hundred thousand. The ancient Romans, according to Pliny, proceeded no farther in this method of notation. If they had occasion to...'a larger number, they did it by repetition; thus, CCCI3OO. CCCIOOO. signified two hundred thousand, Sic. We sometimes find thousands expressed by a straight... | |
 | Ethan Allen Andrews - 1846 - 356 sider
...marks>_/i»e thousand ; and IOOO , fifty thousand. The prefixing of C, together with the annexing ofO, to the number CIO, makes its value ten times greater...CCCIOOO, CCCIOOO, signified two hundred thousand, &c. We sometimes find thousands expressed by a straight line drawn over the top of the numeral letters.... | |
 | Alexander Adam - 1846 - 372 sider
...thousand ; and ccciooo. a hundred thousand. The ancient Romans, according to Pliny, proceeded no farther in this method of notation. If they had occasion to...ccciooo, ccciooo, signified two hundred thousand, &c. We sometimes find thousands expressed by a straight line drawn over the top of the numerical letters.... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1847 - 432 sider
...CCCIOOO, a hundred thousand. According to Pliny, the Romans carried this mode of notation no further. When they had occasion to express a larger number, they did it by repetition. Thus, CCCIOOO, CCCIOOO, expressed two hundred thousand, &c. 33. The common method of expressing numbers is by the Arabic Notation.... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1847 - 426 sider
...CCCIOOO, a hundred thousand. According to Pliny, the Romans carried this mode of notation no further. When they had occasion to express a larger number, they did it by repetition. Thus, CCCIOOO, CCCIOOO, expressed two hundred thousand, &c. 33. The common method of expressing numbers is by the Arabic Notation.... | |
 | Ethan Allen Andrews - 1848 - 360 sider
...thus, ID, or, by contraction, D. The prefixing of C, together with the annexing ofO, to the number C1D, makes its value ten times greater ; thus, CCIOO denotes...CCCIOOO, CCCIOOO, signified two hundred thousand, &c. The annexing of O to ID makes its value ten times greater ; thus, IOO marks five thousand; and... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1848 - 434 sider
...CCCIOOO, a hundred thousand. According to Pliny, the Romans carried this mode of notation no further. When they had occasion to express a larger number, they did it by repetition. Thus, CCCIOOO, CCCIOOO, expressed two hundred thousand, &c. 33. The common method of expressing numbers is by the Arabic Notation.... | |
 | Ethan Allen Andrews, Solomon Stoddard - 1858 - 366 sider
...together with the annexing ofO, to the number CIO, makes its value ten times greater ; thus, CC10O denotes ten thousand; and CCCIOOO, a hundred thousand....CCCIOOO, CCCIOOO, signified two hundred thousand, &c. We sometimes find thousands expressed by a straight line drawn over the top of the numeral letters.... | |
 | Ethan Allen Andrews, Solomon Stoddard - 1860 - 440 sider
...number CIO, makes its value ten times greater; thus, СС1ЭО denotes ten thousand; ami ССС10ЭО, a hundred thousand. The Romans, according to Pliny,...proceeded no further in this method of notation. If thev had occasion tojexpress a larger number, they did it by repetition; thus, CCCIOOO, CCCIOOO, signified... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1860 - 440 sider
...CCCIOOO, a hundred t/umsand. According to Pliny, the Romans carried this mode of notation no further. When they had occasion to express a larger number, they did it by repetition. Thus, CCCIOOO, CCCIOOO, expressed two hundred thmtsaiul, &c. 33* The common method of expressing numbers is by the Arabic Notation.... | |
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Pliny, proceeded no further in this method of notation. If they had occasion to express a larger number, they did it by repetition ; thus, CCCIOOO, CCCIOOO, signified two hundred thousand, &c. We sometimes find thousands expressed by a straight line drawn... 
