[bookshare-discuss] Re: copywrite year in roman numerals
- From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 11:02:55 -0500
You're right, David. I typed that before I had my coffee. <smiling>
Sue S.
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No.
You can't modify a L with a M. You're modifying the M with a C.
M = 1000
CM = 100 less than 1000 (900)
L = 50.
MCXL would be 1140.
Dave
At 10:18 AM 5/29/2008, you wrote:
>
>Wouldn't 1950 be M C X L? The M before the L puzzles me.
>
>Sue S.
>
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>From: <mailto:marysefzik@xxxxxxxxxxx>Mary Sefzik
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>Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 8:53 AM
>Subject: [bookshare-discuss] copywrite year in roman numerals
>
>HI,
>I recently scanned The Enduring Hills by Janice Holt Giles. This is
>an older book I found in my Grandma's things. As I read through the
>book I found that the copyright year was expressed in Roman numerals
>and have no idea what year they represent! The Roman numerals are m
>c m l. Does anyone know what numbers they represent? Thanks. Mary
>
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