The Hindu-Arabic Numerals (Classic Reprint)

So familiar are we with the numerals that bear the misleading name of A rabic, and so extensive is their use in Europe and the A mericas, that it is difficult for us to realize that their general acceptance in the transactions of commerce is a matter of only the last four centuries, and that they are unknown to a very large part of the human race to-day. It seems strange that such a l More »