1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading by B. A. Hathaway
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25. _By whom used?_ The ancient Romans. 26. _What is the Numerical value of S?_ 7 27. _By whom used?_ The Ancients. 28. _Give the values of T as a Numeral._ 300 in the Greek notation; in the Latin, 160. 29. _What is the Numerical value of V?_ 5 in the Roman notation. 30. _What are the values of X as a Numeral?_ In the Roman, 10; in the Greek, 60. 31. _What are the Numerical values of Z?_ 7 in the Greek notation; and 2,000 in the Roman. 32. _Why have J, U, W, and Y no Numerical values?_ Because they have been introduced into the Alphabet since the Science of Arithmetical Notation was invented. 33. _What effect does it have on the value of a letter to draw a line above it?_ In most cases it increases its value a thousand times. |
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