The Universal History of Numbers - Ifrah - 2000 () Citation Context ... and permanent human settlements (Schmandt-Besserat 1992). Other non-written transaction records include the Incan “quipu” (knotted string) and the “tally stick” used all over the world (Robert 1956; =-=Ifrah 2001...
Computers and computing has taken various forms throughout the course of history. The earliest “computing” devices were probably in the form of tally sticks dating back to 35,000 BC. These sticks were used for tracking numbers by a series of marks or notches on the stick. Much better know...
[4] Now the location of a row of brick commercial buildings, the first building erected on the property after the purchase was “a portable house” built by Scudder to serve as his real estate office.[5] Eighteen months later, Oliver Jones, one of the investors in the syndicate, found o...
Britannica describes the up to 60-pound (27-kg) rocket as stick-guided, meaning that users had a bit of control over its path. Famously, the Americans and the British both used Congreve rockets during the war of 1812; Francis Scott Key's "The Star Spangled Banner" refers to "the ...
It is, however, an attempt to say that our present-day concept of history to some extent needs to tally with the vision of the future that is de facto influencing people's way of making sense of the world and of themselves as historical beings. This vision, Boldizsár Simon suggests, ...
Far-reaching trade has been carried on along the Nile since ancient times. The Ishango bone is probably an early tally stick. It has been suggested that this shows prime numbers and multiplication, but this is disputed. In the book "How Mathematics Happened: The First 50,000 Years", Peter...
For one thing, Qing-Dynasty Chinese export-silver was mostly sold to the European and North American markets. I’ve never heard of a Chinese export-silver belt. Trays, tea-sets, coffee-sets, silverware dinner-sets, walking-stick handles, cigar/cigarette cases, even cruet-sets, sure…but bel...
Though Streep still trails Katharine Hepburn’s total wins, she has passed Hepburn’s tally for lead acting nominations, achieving her 14th lead actress bid for this performance. “When they called my name, I had this feeling I could hear half of America going ‘Oh no! Oh come on! Why ...
Does Boston, desperate at the non-waiver Trade Deadline, ship Nomar Garciaparra to Texas, freeing up enough salary to get a deal done? Do the Yankees, weighing options at third base after Boone hits free agency, decide to stick a young infield prospect namedRobinson Canóat the hot corner...
When that show was reprised in 2016, Meghan Ross assumed Renee's original roles, instantly bringing her tally up to three male characters. (More photos of both women below). Gino Angelo, Dee McCorkle Gregg, and Arlene Merryman have each switched gender presentation twice. The Drag ...