Somewhere I have read that was used instead of IV
in communities where the people could more easily
count to 4 than to subtract 1 from 5. It may seem
absurd to our modern minds to even imagine such a
situation, but understanding of simple things like
subtraction has not always been as common
Dear Jorge, John, et.al.,
I realize I should have sent it as e-mail text in the first place.
Here is the listing for all those who couldn't make use of my
ancient Q-Basic, or just want to see the pardigm:
REM Moon Calendar
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Dave Bell wrote:
>On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Richard Koolish wrote:
>> People on this list may be interested in the Moonstick
>> slide rule moon phase calculator.
>>
>> www.moonstick.com
>>
>Wow! Or, shall I make that Wow! to the 4th power? (W^4)
>Wonderful concept!
> Beautif
I can't say for sure if this is true, but I did read that the Romans used
instead of the usual IV because IV were the first two letters in the
Latin spelling of Jupiter (that is the principle Roman deity). Such
reverence and/or superstition around the name of a deity aren't uncommon,
