Weekend miscellany

2 comments on “Weekend miscellany”

1. Nick says:

   7 January 2011 at 17:55

   Fascinating links as ever.
   The Roman numerals article led me to something I found particularly interesting: the use of IIII on clocks instead of IV to reduce the number of molds required to just one, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IIII#Calendars_and_clocks
2. John says:

   7 January 2011 at 18:03

   Thanks. I hadn’t heard the practical explanation for IIII on clocks.

   I liked the line in the article “There are many suggested explanations for this, several of which may be true.”

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