...ROMAN NOTATION. r , fThe characters used by the Romans to express numbers, were the following, viz. I. One. V. Five. X. Ten. L. Fifty.. C. One hundred. D. Five hundred. M. One thousand I. One X. Ten C. One hundred III. Three XXX. Thirty CCC. Three hundred II. Two XX. Twenty CC. Two hundred...

...Romans were taken out of their alphabet of capital letters, and were -the seven following, viz. I. One ; V. Five ; X. Ten ; L. Fifty; C. one Hundred; D. five Hundred ; M. one Thousand. The intermediate numbers between these were expressed by a repetition of the same, and the sum of their...

...Indian method. * The Roman method makes use of these seven letters, I, V, X, L, C, D, M ; I represents one, V five, X ten, L fifty, C one hundred, D five hundred, and M one thousand. As often as any letter is repeated, so often its value is repeated ; unless it...

...and November, February hath twenty eightalone, And all the rest have thirty one. NUMERAL LETTERS. I, one ; V, five ; X, ten ; L, fifty ; C, one hundred : D, five hundred; M, ope thousand. • FIGURES. 1, one ; 2, two ; 3, three ; 4, four ; 5, five ; 6, six ; 7, seven ; •8,...

...place of units, expresses its simple value, three. The Roman Method is by litters ; thus, I expresses one, V five, X ten, L fifty, C one hundred, D five hundred, M one thousand. By the different arrangement, and repetition of these seven letters all numbers may be expressed. These...

...says, have a twofold signification, according as they stand alone or combined. Thus I alone signifies one, V five, X ten, L fifty, C one hundred, D five hundred, M one thousand. He then proceeds to give the value of these signs in composition, and of certain arbitrary marks from...

...twofold signification, according as they stand alone or combined. Thus I alone signifies one, V Jive, X ten, L fifty, C one hundred, D five hundred, M one thousand. He then proceeds to give the value of these signs in composition, and of certain arbitrary marks from...

...numbers, called the Roman. In this method the numbers are represented by letters. The letter I stands for one ; V, five ; X, ten ; L, fifty ; C, one hundred ; D, five hundred, &c. ROMAN TABLE I. .... One LX Sixty II. .... Two LXX. - - - Seventy HI. - - - Three LXXX. - - - Eighty...

...signs, such as Sf, ffc. CLASSES OF ABBREVIATIONS. 360. (i.) To represent numbers by Roman characters. I, one ; V, five ; X, ten ; L, fifty ; C, one hundred ; D, five hundred ; M, one thousand. 361. As many times as a letter is repeated, the value is repeated ; as, II, two ; XXX, thirty. 362....

...by the Romans, were, taken out of their Alphabet of Capital Letters and were the following, viz. I. one ; V. five ; X. ten ; L. fifty ; C. one hundred ; D. five hundred ; M. one thousand. Mankind at first began to count with their fingers, they told as far as five with one hand, then adding...