Diferencia entre revisiones de «Numeración romana»

CXVI − XXIV = XCII

 

[[Image:BadSalzdetfurthBadenburgerStr060529.jpg|thumb|Reloj con números romanos.]]

Es común ver en muchos relojes el uso de IIII para el numeral 4, en lugar del correcto IV. Algunas de las razones por las que esto ha sido así son:

(...)The ‘IIII’ numeral is to balance out the weight of the clock. The heavier numbers on the left side of the clocks needed to be balanced by the heavier ‘IIII’ rather than the light ‘IV’

(...)There is a story that a famous clockmaker had constructed a clock for Louis XIV, king of France. The clockmaker had naturally used IV for four. When the clock was shown to the king, he remarked that IIII should have been used instead of IV. When it was explained to him that IV was correct, he still insisted, so that there was nothing to do but change the clock dial. This introduced the custom of using IIII for four. This is probably only a story, however, as IIII occurs long before the time of Louis XIV. "Time & Timekeepers, W. I. Milham, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1947, p. 196· En: [http://www.debrain.net/2008/clock-facts.html]</ref>

 

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