Counting in Base 12
May 11, 2004
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This page contains a single entry from Stefan Tilkov's Random Stuff posted on May 11, 2004 9:56 PM. The previous post in this blog was thinktecture. The next post in this blog is the bootstrap -- MDA Blog. Many more can be found on the main index page or by looking through the archives.
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In the year 1985 I spoke with a Nepali friend about counting by 12, they use to do it with one hand using the phalanges and touching them with the thumb. He told me that they use to do it from the beginning of time.
Posted by: Janc at October 17, 2004 12:56 PM | link