Three quarters of the Forms bear a duodecimal impress.
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The consistent duodecimal development of this idea appears to have belonged to the Italian nation, and to have preceded the first contact with the Greeks.
3
They learned to use both the decimal and the duodecimal systems (nowadays we use only the decimal system, which is a great pity).
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But I can't bear Duodecimals, Position, and such things.
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The Duodecimal System) of the measures of surface.
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Or would you have me assume a payment of one-twelfth, 500 talents?
2
It uses MP3, which compresses data to one-twelfth of original size.
3
Of the round, one-twelfth is waste, and of the porterhouse one-eighth.
4
For instance, we can only catch one-twelfth of the solar spectrum.
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Calves constitute about one-twelfth of the total number of cattle.
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Picardy lost a twelfthpart of its population; many large cities were almost abandoned.
2
Let it be remembered, that this was above a twelfthpart of his pension.
3
Not the twelfthpart of the tea was consumed.
4
To the widow he allowed half-a-guinea a week, the twelfthpart, as Boswell observes, of his pension.
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The entire mixture is then again heated to 252 degrees Fahrenheit and one-fifteenth to one- twelfthpart of sulphur is added.