Babylonians gave us 360 degrees, 60 minutes, 60 seconds as units of time and sky position.
On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 12:56 PM Rupert Reynolds <rreyno...@cix.co.uk> wrote: > > Yes, I vaguely remember that the Mayans used zero, but India finished the > job properly, and the west took up the positional decimal system > originating there. > > "What have the Romans ever done for us?" > > Roops > > On Fri, 31 Mar 2023, 14:57 Mohammad Khan, < > 0000047f0e31a222-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > BTW Rudyard Kipling named his house "naulakha" may be because it cost him > > 9 lakhs to build it. As for Indians using base 10 system for numbers, keep > > in mind that this system was invented there. > > > > mkk > > > > On Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:53:13 +0100, Rupert Reynolds <rreyno...@cix.co.uk> > > wrote: > > > > >For pairs of digits, I was thinking of commas as often used in India, > > where > > >an EV6 costs 60.95 Lakh, (Lakh is a multiple 100,000). In Rupees it's > > >quoted as Rs 60,95,000. > > > > > >The next multiple bigger is another factor of 100. The only group of 3 > > >digits is for units, tens and hundreds. > > > > > >Of course there are international businesses using groups of 3 in India as > > >well. > > > > > >At least it's base 10ten*! I read about some country using quinary, but > > >none so far using bakersdozenal. > > > > > >*ten, not 10. Every base is base 10. See jan Misali's > > >https://youtu.be/7OEF3JD-jYo if you're not convinced :-) > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
