Only a few Roman numerals, latitude markings and zodiac signs will be intelligible to novices.
There are only a few Roman numerals, so it doesn't take long to learn them: I = 1.
Indeed, she says she's often asked by incredulous Americans how people with few numerals know, for instance, how many children they have.
In a cramped, windowless room in the Garden, a few employees arranged orange numerals and white letters on blank blue Knicks jerseys, then lowered hot presses onto them.
Of the later use of the numerals, a few of the special types are as follows: c∙lxiiij∙ccc∙l∙i for 164,351, Adelard of Bath (c. 1120) II.DCCC.XIIII for 2,814, Jordanus Nemorarius (c.
The Grande Seconde SW is a standard three hand watch with a few odd touches – "The numerals are printed on the inclined ring itself, a technical exploit to which only the Jaquet Droz craftsmen hold the secret" and presumably those selfsame craftsmen will take that secret to their graves – while the Reserve De Marche Ceramique is limited to 88 pieces and is made of ceramic.
When he was shown the numeral 5 for a few seconds, he knew it was a numeral rather than a letter and, by counting up from 1 until he got to the right integer, he eventually identified it as a 5.
Still, the N.F.L. may reach the point of diminishing returns on its Roman numeral fetish in a few decades.
When Leonardo's Liber abaci first appeared, Hindu-Arabic numerals were known to only a few European intellectuals through translations of the writings of the 9th-century Arab mathematician al-Khwārizmī.
And a few steps past the Millennium Ball were enough old numerals to welcome new years into the 26th century.
