Numbers: Roman, East Arabic and Arabic
Barry Evans (barryevans9@yahoo.com) stopped counting the days of his life when he reached ٢٤٠٠٠. He lives in Old Town Eureka.
CAPTIONS: Top, two styles of numerals, one number, at Talisman on F Street, Eureka. Bottom: Public phone keypad, Cairo (courtesy Pete Hamilton).
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Recent field notes
May 17
Eclipse Lore
May 10
Early Animal-rights Artist?
May 3
Six Rivers (By Any Other Name)
Today
Lanphere Dunes Restoration
STAFF PICK / outdoors / 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Meet at Pacific Union School. Help remove non-native invasives at the Lanphere Dunes Unit of the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Tools and gloves provided, wear work clothes and bring water. Carpool to the protected site. 444-1397.
44th Annual Kinetic Grand Championship Race
STAFF PICK / events, art, outdoors, sports, for kids, free / 9 a.m.-6 p.m. A 3-day, 42-mile kinetic sculpture race over land, sand, mud and water! LeMans start at the Noon Whistle on the Arcata Plaza. Follow the race through Manila, Eureka and into Ferndale on Memorial Day for the Glorious Finish. kineticgrandchampionship.com. 889-3024.
Open Gardens
outdoors / 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Humboldt Botanical Gardens, College of the Redwoods, Eureka. Roam the 44-acre fully fenced property. $5. www.hbgf.org. 442-5139.
Organic Gardening Seminar
garden / 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Shafer's Ace Hardware and Garden Center, 2760 E St., Eureka. Free lecture by Duncan McNeill on how to create a healthy environment and healthy soils for your plant’s roots. E-mail shafers@sbcglobal.net. 442-5734.
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Comment / By Ray Greaves / Aug. 15, 2009, 2:42 p.m.
Although the Romans written form of numeric values was clumsy, they were cognizant of a decimal place value system including a null value for any decade. This immediately apparent with the first look at a Roman bronze abacus which was the first example of a practical “pocket calculator”. Have a look at this Wikipedia article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_abacus