This is a discussion on Relation between numbers and symbols :) within the General offtopic discussions forums, part of the General category; Have you ever thought why ........ 1 means "one", and 2 means "two"? The roman numerals are easy to understand ...
| |||||||
| General offtopic discussions Anything that doesnt fit in any other forums goes here |
| LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
| | #1 |
| Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: chennai
Posts: 91
Rep Power: 2 | Have you ever thought why ........ 1 means "one", and 2 means "two"? The roman numerals are easy to understand but what was the logic behind the phonecian numbers? It's all about angles ! It's the number of angles. If one writes the numbers down (see below) on a piece of paper in their older forms, one quickly sees why. I have marked the angles with "o"s. No 1 has one angle. No 2 has two angles. No 3 has three angles. etc. and "O" has no angles |
| | |
| | #2 |
| aditya | ohhhhhh wowww... got something new in knowledgebase thanks for sharing this mate |
| | |
| | #3 |
| Lost Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Goa, for now
Posts: 1,690
Rep Power: 4 | hhmm..... interesting , thanks for sharing pal |
| | |
| | #4 |
| Good to be Back Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bangalore Age: 26
Posts: 3,009
Rep Power: 10 | Thanks for sharing.... |
| | |
| | #5 |
| Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 645
Rep Power: 2 | hey thats really cool. |
| | |
| | #7 |
| Guest
Posts: n/a
| this one is really cool |
| |
| | #8 |
| Alligator Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Pleasure drome
Posts: 3,791
Rep Power: 10 | Liked that... |
| | |
| | #9 |
| Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 3,141
Rep Power: 10 | My personal opinion is that this is not true and someone just made it up. -F |
| | |
| | #10 |
| Alligator Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Pleasure drome
Posts: 3,791
Rep Power: 10 | Even then its nice creativity... |
| | |
| Tags |
| numbers, relation, symbols |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
| |