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Hence in most languages there are <add>distinct</add> names for the different numbers<lb/> | Hence in most languages there are <add>distinct</add> names for the different numbers<lb/> | ||
up to ten exclusive <unclear>Art</unclear> is inclusive. From or after ten, in forming<lb/> | up to ten exclusive <unclear>Art</unclear> is inclusive. From or after ten, in forming<lb/> | ||
the names of the | the names of the succeeding numbers, the names of the first series of<lb/> | ||
numbers are repeated</p> | numbers are repeated</p> | ||
<p>Question 3. Is that the case in every nation?</p> | <p>Question 3. Is that the case in every nation?</p> | ||
<p>Ans. No: In some savage <add>barbarous</add> nations of <add> | <p>Ans. No: In some savage <add>barbarous</add> nations of <add>Western</add> Africa the series of<lb/> | ||
numbers goes on no further than five: after <unclear>which</unclear> in the formation<lb/> | numbers goes on no further than five: after <unclear>which</unclear> in the formation<lb/> | ||
of the next series those of the first are repeated.<add>+</add></p> | of the next series those of the first are repeated.<add>+</add></p> | ||
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go on to speak of<lb/> | go on to speak of<lb/> | ||
the <hi rend="underline">visible signs</hi> of the<lb/> | the <hi rend="underline">visible signs</hi> of the<lb/> | ||
numbers, | numbers, in Roman<lb/> | ||
Greek & Arabic</note> | |||
<p>Qu Since every human <add>being</add> has feet as well as hands, and as<lb/> | <p>Qu. Since every human <add>being</add> has feet as well as hands, and as<lb/> | ||
many toes on his feet as hands upon his fingers, <del><gap/> <gap/> in<lb/> | many toes on his feet as hands upon his fingers, <del><gap/> <gap/> in<lb/> | ||
total his fingers</del> his toes being in French called by no other names<lb/> | total his fingers</del> his toes being in French called by no other names<lb/> | ||
than the fingers of his feet, how comes it that in the first series<lb/> | |||
of numbers, there are not twenty simple names | of numbers, there are not twenty simple names instead<lb/> | ||
of ten?</p> | of ten?</p> | ||
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toes, are not so <add>nearby and</add> obviously present to the eyes, as the hands with<lb/> | toes, are not so <add>nearby and</add> obviously present to the eyes, as the hands with<lb/> | ||
their fingers.</p> | their fingers.</p> | ||
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1820 May 31.
Posology
Theoretic
Ch. Origin of the idea
109
Question. 1 Of the two three subjects of posology, numbers and figures
and motions is from which are our earliest ideas derived
Answer. Numbers
Quest 2 From whence are our first and earliest ideas of number derived?
Answer. From our hands and fingers Monstrosities excepted, every
human being is born with two hands and five fingers on each hand, the
thumb being reckoned for one: total number on both hands ten fingers
Hence in most languages there are distinct names for the different numbers
up to ten exclusive Art is inclusive. From or after ten, in forming
the names of the succeeding numbers, the names of the first series of
numbers are repeated
Question 3. Is that the case in every nation?
Ans. No: In some savage barbarous nations of Western Africa the series of
numbers goes on no further than five: after which in the formation
of the next series those of the first are repeated.+
+ Bowditch ☞ Then
go on to speak of
the visible signs of the
numbers, in Roman
Greek & Arabic
Qu. Since every human being has feet as well as hands, and as
many toes on his feet as hands upon his fingers, in
total his fingers his toes being in French called by no other names
than the fingers of his feet, how comes it that in the first series
of numbers, there are not twenty simple names instead
of ten?
Answer. Only because, the in counting, the feet with their
toes, are not so nearby and obviously present to the eyes, as the hands with
their fingers.
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