Why do some analog clocks with Roman numerals have '4' as 'IV,' while others have 'IIII'? This is one of those questions where no one seems to have a definitive answer, and probably no one ever will.

Roman numerals are, by modern standards, a bit unusual. By virtue of using designations for both 5 and 10, and not scaling well to higher numbers, they’ve fallen out of favor outside of some specific ...

Around the thirteenth century CE, European society was in the midst between transitioning from Roman numerals to the Arabic numerals that we use today. Less remembered are the Cistercian numerals, ...

The two iconic cast bronze clocks that hang on what once was Marshall Field’s on State Street were getting a long overdue makeover Wednesday morning. At the corners of Washington and State and ...

In a sunlit room in Anchorage on a recent afternoon, high school students from all over the state were painting, gluing and covering wood with resin. Round handmade clocks dotted the table, each ...

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Mixed views have ensued over the newly rehabilitated clock at the renowned Blantyre Clock Tower with Roman numeral five on the multi-million kwacha clock appearing upside down. Clock tower in Blantyre ...