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According to my high school Latin teacher (it was long enough ago that she may have been there personally), the reason clocks use IIII vice IV is out of .

I see, in Conway and Guy's The Book of Numbers, that the subtraction rule (IV for 4, etc.) was rarely used until medieval times. If that is true, .

I never thought it a question that Lee could handle an ambitious WWII film, but he goes overboard on the production, leaving the characters and story .

Acta Conciliorum Oecumenicorum: Tomus IV : Index Generalis Tomorum I-Iiii Pars III Index Topographia (Catholic Church Councils// Acta Conciliorum .

If we accept as fact the reality that the ancient Roman's did indeed prefer the use of IIII to IV for numbering (look in most museums at the statuary and .

Guitar Chord Progressions - I, IV, V | Flat Majors and more. . I-I-IV-IV V-V-I-V (8 bar); I-I-I-I. IV-IV-I-I V-V-I-I (12 bar); I-I-I-I. IV-IV-I-I .

Louis XIV, king of France, who preferred IIII over IV, ordered his clockmakers to produce clocks with IIII and not IV, and thus it has remained. .

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The basic concept of the 12-bar blues is the I-IV-V progression, where I, IV and V represent the chords or notes that you will be using. .

There are some clocks and sundials with 4 represented as IIII and some with .

20 posts - 11 authors - Last post: Mar 9I'd probably just stoop to only posting tasteless and humorless photos. Maybe the amputation is a worse idea that I thought. .

The subtractive notation (which uses IV instead of IIII) has become the . A third document in the same manuscript uses IX and a mix of IIII and IV. .

Dec 1, 2005 . On most clocks and watches which use roman numerals, I have noticed that they use IIII instead of the proper IV. I have also seen the 9 .

May 14, 2009 . Common Errors (6): IIII or IV? The cenotaph of Marcus Caelius (Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn). People often contact me to suggest .

In which mirror there is copiously elucidated the contemplation of eternal punishments and joys. LIBER I. BOOK I. PARS II. PART II. CAP. IV. CHAPTER IV .

Feb 24, 2011 . Originally, it was common to use IIII to represent four, because IV represented the Roman god Jupiter, whose Latin name, IVPPITER, .

Of King George IV the Duke of Wellington had earlier stated: "(he is) the worst man I ever fell in with my whole life, the most selfish, the most false, .

Mar 19, 2009 . Roman numeral 4s can be written as either IIII or IV – both are correct. But that looks photoshopped to me :) .

Dec 9, 2009 . When you start to notice the IIII instead of IV, you'll be suprised at how many clocks did it. (do clocks do it? ((I hope so))) .

Roman numeral, IV or IIII. Roman numeral (Unicode), Ⅳ, ⅳ .

Why is the number 4 on a clock face depicted as IIII and not as IV? In almost every other use, the Roman for 4 is IV not IIII. But although the question is .

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10 posts - 2 authors - Last post: Mar 22I believe IIII is used less than IV on the several Hamilton models with .

Feb 8, 2007 . Oscar J Carlton IV claimed, I I I I IV IV I I V IV I I 16 agree and 3 disagree. 2 comments.

Apr 29, 2010 . With an IV, you'd need seventeen I's, five V's, and four X's, . • King Louis XIV of France supposedly preferred IIII over IV, .

11 posts - 9 authors - Last post: Oct 1, 2008need some help finding (BG) songs with a I, IV, V progression (sorry for the typo in the title). So far, I can only think of two: I',m not .

SumiMark IV - SumiMark IIII - SumiMark 4. 31 August 09. Alta Electronics and Sumitomo Electrical Interconnect Products, (S.E.I.P.) are pleased to announce .

Nov 22, 2002 . The best discussions I've found on the subject are Gordon Uber's FAQ: Roman IIII vs IV web page and Donn Lathrop's To IV, or Not to IV web .

Mar 7, 1986 . Regarding the use of Roman numeral IIII vs. IV on clocks, I .

Jan 22, 2011 . Most of them show four as “IIII” rather than “IV”. What's up with that? We were taught in grade school (at least I was) the subtractive .

Aug 27, 2005 . Image taken from Wikipedia article on Tarot de Marseille which is also in Wikimedia Commons.

O, Bare head of William IV right. GULIELMUS IIII D:G: BRITANNIAR: REX F:D: R, Britannia seated right on rock holding trident and resting shield against .

5 answersI too asked this question for years until I asked the guy who works in the .

10 answers - Oct 5, 2007I noticed this on a clock at a shopping center in my neighborhood as .

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Mar 1, 2011 . The style IV is relative modern form of the roman numeral for 4. IIII was used until 'modern times'. There are several sites that have .

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May 29, 2008 . Actually, Breguet, A. Lange and Sohne, Vacheron Constantin and many other watch manufacturers also uses the Roman IIII rather than IV. .

Sep 6, 2007 . clioandme So, many do have IIII, but some in that link also have IV. The strange things that people notice---or don't notice. .

Aug 4, 2010 . I tend to like the explanations that appeal to symmetry. Using IIII instead of IV means that the first four numbers—I, II, III, IIII—require .

Roman Numerals question: Why do some clock faces use IIII instead of IV for four in roman numerals? The Romans used IIII to represent the number 4 but later .

I was inside the Musee D'Orsay in Paris, quite close to the gift shop! There's another clock at the other end in the cafe, but it was quieter around this .

8 posts - 7 authors - Last post: Nov 27, 2005Why do clocks use IIII instead of IV? Comments on Cecil's Columns.

Apr 7, 2011 . For example, 4 is denoted IV, 9 as IX, 40 as XL, etc. However, this rule is generally not followed on the faces of clocks, where IIII is .

9 posts - 5 authors - Last post: Nov 3, 2008I always fought that 4 in roman numbers are IV not IIII? But Rolex watches with Roman dials does not agree with me Photo by Hannes Some of .

Apr 7, 2011 . Sure, "Royal"! What else would you call.. QuoteChris King Vintage Russian back from the dead.

IIII has been favored over IV on clocks as a matter of aesthetics and tradition. . Re: Why do clock faces use Roman IIII not IV for the number four? .

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