Posted on Feb 20, 2024
The decimal point is 150 years older than historians thought
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Historians discover use of the decimal point can be traced to the mid-15th century, roughly 150 years earlier than previously believed; concept found initial use in real-world business transactions
Historians discover use of the decimal point can be traced to the mid-15th century, roughly 150 years earlier than previously believed; concept found initial use in real-world business transactions
The decimal point is 150 years older than historians thought
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Cpl Vic Burk
Lt Col Charlie Brown - My math history book says the John Napier invented it but then again, Newton is credited with inventing the calculus but there is evidence it existed in some form hundreds of years before Newton published his works.
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Interesting. Perhaps our ancestors were smarter than we gave them credit for.
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