----- Original Message ----- From: "rodney"
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Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 8:32 PM
Subject: Is this abacus back to front?
"rodney" <pookiethai@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> It was just a curiosity, someone suggested
> the abacus is "back to front" on this postage stamp.
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> Can this be confirmed?
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> If so, how is it so?
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> Thanks
> http://cjoint.com:80/data/dyh3Tocj7M.htm
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Greetings Rodney and other a.m.r. readers,
I have questions about this abacus (or soroban). Is there someone who can
read the number on it? Is it read left to right or right to left? I
watched the video of the soroban and abacus. They showed numbers the way
I
read them, left to right. However, I still don't understand how to read
it.
My main question is this: What is the number on the soroban on the
postage
stamp?
My thought is this: That number might have a meaning. Maybe the number
read backwards has *more* meaning (in some context). Of course, this is
just a wild guess.
--
Dan in NY
(for email, exchange y with g in
dKlinkenbery at hvc dot rr dot com)
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