Diferencia entre revisiones de «Numeración romana»

* IV es más difícil de leer con la inclinación en la esfera del reloj.

* [[Luis XIV]], rey de Francia, prefería IIII sobre IV, por lo que ordenó a sus relojeros producir relojes con IIII en lugar de IV, instituyendo una costumbre que perdura.<ref> El historiador W.I. Milham afirma: "In the olden times, ‘IV’ was the sign of Jupiter, so the Romans wrote “IIII” so that the time wouldn’t show as “1 2 3 GOD 5…”

(...)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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