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On Wed, 12 May 2004 08:35:10 +0100, "Chip" <anneonymouse@virgin.net>
wrote:
>
><borolad@myowseintheboro.org> wrote in message
>news:jr72a0h0lvmmf7fbp4krohqe0h2ci0cl6f@4ax.com...
>> On Tue, 11 May 2004 18:24:50 GMT, "Asestar" <a s e s t a r @ s t a r t
>> . n o> wrote:
>> >Eh.. it's SPA04B4 WhisperRock IV.
>> >Isn't IV = 6??
>> >My roman is just as bad as Bart's
>> >"Visine" <Visinenot@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>> >news:c7ohon$f82$1@titan.btinternet.com...
>> >>
http://www.spire-coolers.com/home.asp
>> >> May be a misread of iv & vi ?
>> >> Vis
>> IV=4
>> VI=6
>> Putting any small number in front of a large one is a subtraction
>> Putting any small number behind a large one is a addition
>... with some restrictions. e.g. you can't precede a "C" with a "I".
>Don't ask me why. So 99 is not "IC" - this is not allowed. 99 is XCIX. XC
>being 90 and IX an additional 9.
The romans didn't have a symbol for zero, the arabic [ today's use ]
did, I think that was it - but it's been nearly 60 years since I
learned this, my memory may be fragile.
Regards, Chip
BoroLad
>> X=10
>> L=50
>> C=100
>> D=500
>> M=1000
>> Regards, BoroLad