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Show The Decimal Point. BL Louis Hepublxz In France and Germany I reduced to a decimal is written 0,25; in England it Is written 0 23; In the United Stales it is aUavs written either 0.25, or i nply .23 without the naughL In Oio first two countries the period U never u-d, always tlie comma: w hilo Engll-h w rllers use tlie erIod they never put it at tlie liottom of the line as we do, but always use it thus 0-25. Tills style is raid to have been Introduced by Sir Isaac ew-ton ew-ton who placed It at the top of the line to distingubh it from the punctuation mark. |
