Clocks traditionally have IIII instead of IV. As far as I can tell, no one really knows why. Nine is always IX.
On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 11:16 PM, CM Poncelet <[email protected]> wrote: > FWIW I had an analog wall-clock in the late-50's / early-60's that > showed 4 as IIII - not IV. I cannot remember what its 9 was. Using > letters as numerals prevented the Romans and Greeks etc. from inventing > algebra. <grin> CP > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
