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Re: unit names

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as recently as 1686 Newton's Principia
divided number not into decimals but into sexagesimals,

Brian

brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>
Altus OK<

Wow! Do I understand you to say that the Principia is written
in base 60? Ie Newton & his contemporaries knew and used
60 different digit symbols, ie that they wrote 59 as "z" (or whatever)
and 60 as "10"?

I love to be told TRUE amazing facts. Was I?

Cheers,
Bill Larson
Geneva