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Show Commerce Boomed by Methods of Counting Tor nges even the most Intelligent men could count only to ten or twenty, the number of their lingers and toes. Then sticks and stone counters wero laid In rows lo Indicate Indi-cate and compute numbers Involved In barter and trade. In the earliest civ-lll7.nl civ-lll7.nl lout) symbols were employed to some extent, then In ICgypt they hnd the happy thought of drawing a picture pic-ture to represent each quantity. Thus, a frog equaled Iimi.ikio mid n man with awns oulstreieheil In admiration signified 1 1 M I' K l.l II HI. The Greek and Itomnn systems of lei I era for nil morals wero considered a great ad vaii'e, hut only the most learned rould do any adding or subtracting with them. The decimal system was brought by an ambassador from Indlu Into Arahlu In 77:1 A. D., and lujro penn countries got their numerals from Arabia In the Twelfth century. It proved popular right away and teachers of the new system were In great demand. Trado and Industry, so long (lammed tip by a lack of any simple method of keeping accounts or doing business with persons at H distance, dis-tance, sprang Into life am) the Com-nicrciiil Com-nicrciiil era was born. Detroit News. |
