The magic power of set forms of speech, quite distinct from any meaning which they may possess, is well illustrated by the use of the numerals from one to ten as a magic formula for the cure of disease.
Of such is that island of Haftala, Hashtala, Nuhsala (it is difficult to account for the variety of Persian numerals which are associated with its name), which is called Nosala by Nearkhos and said by him to be sacred to the sun.
I am unable to determine the meaning of the termination to which the numerals are prefixed.
I have already remarked that, in the writings of this great Arabian, the Arabic numerals and our common arithmetical processes are currently used.
The overthrow of the Roman by the Arabic numeralsforeshadowed the result of a far more important--a political--contest between those rival names.
Said to have introduced a knowledge of the Arabic numerals into Europe, ii.
Numerals in an oval indicate the population of a village.
From the recurrence of a number of particular formulae with frequent numerals at intervals, the book seems to be a liturgical document.
The writer would add all of his twelve numerals together, and then the sum would express the whole truth about the Taj, and the truth only--63.
Small roman numerals have been retained where they appear in citations to books other than the Bible.
Bible chapters and verses are cited with arabic numeralsseparated by colons, like this: "Dan.
If so, the recall numerals of such boats should be at once displayed, and kept displayed until they return and recross the line or give up the race (Rule 12).
With shame I confess that the problems and calculations, the combinations of straight and crooked lines, with large and small numerals and Latin and Greek letters, the mathematical contortions and algebraic hieroglyphics .
It is this difficulty in combining capitals and Arabic numerals in the same line that causes the extensive use of Roman numerals in chapter numbers, numbers of other headings, dates on title pages, and the like.
This fault of proportion is increased by the custom of casting Arabic numerals on an en body for table work, making them only half as thick as the type.
All numerals are for the purpose of identifying the various episodes and do not relate to the chapters in the original volumes.
These numeral Adjectives subdivide into Ordinal Numerals and Cardinal Numerals; and, like Adjectives of Relation, they are not susceptible of being varied by the Degrees of Comparison.
The numerals of the language are converted into adverbs, by the inflection ing, making one, once, &c.
There is no form of the numeralscorresponding to second, third, fourth, &c.
The red numerals over the first column of the middle division, except the lowest diamond shaped one, are omitted, as they do not appear to belong to the series.
Omitting any reference for the present to the black numbers over the day columns, we call attention first to the days and to the red numerals attached to them.
Turning back to our Table VIII, representing that part of the series on Plate 53a, we will consider the three lines of black numeralsabove the day columns, discussing the irregularities as we proceed.
It is selected because it is short, complete, and has no doubtful symbols or numerals in it.
As III + 16 - 13 = VI, and the remaining numerals agree with this result, III must be correct.
It is therefore probable that the numerals in the loops indicate the week numbers of the days, though these are usually expressed in red symbols.
As proof of this we have only to note the fact that the series of black numerals over the day columns ascends towards the left.
There was a row of letters at the top of the sheet, followed by a circle of numerals, with more numerals in the centre of the circle.
But with 150 as the indication that the cryptogram had been composed from the Book of Psalms, it was obvious that the next line of numerals in the centre directed attention to some particular portion of them.
In both countries the measurements of time and space were arrived at by utilizing the numerals 10 and 6.
The numerals refer to Notes to The Sea-Gull, in Appendix.
I think I may safely say that no archæologist of the present day would allow, after seeing the original, that it was of the date 1084, even if it were not so certain that these numerals were not in use at that time.
The numerals refer to certain characteristic layers of the cortex in this region.
The numerals indicate the number of brown determiners present in an individual.
It will be seen from the plate of numeral flags that Howe's numerals were continued in the 1799 book with only two slight modifications: No.
Sometimes thenumerals lower than a 100 will take the article te, when the substantive is not expressed but understood; e.
Numerals in Maori abound in distinctions that are not to be met with in other languages.
Tua is not frequently found prefixed tonumerals beyond ten.
The numeralsbetween one and a hundred will seldom take any article; but rau and mano will take either te or he; e.
It will, we think, also be found that such common adjectives as nui, pai, katoa, and also the numerals most frequently follow in the simple form.
He wore a brown army coat with red shoulder straps, sewed with the yellownumerals of his regiments.
It was one of those long, rakish motors, painted field gray green, that the Benz Company manufactures only for the army, cabalistic black letters and numerals marking its hood.
I submit the following doctrine, based upon the difference between absolute numerals like two and three (words which mean two units, and three units exclusively and irrespectively), and concrete numerals like brace and leash.
It consists in the proof that the Georgian numerals are the same as the Latin, Greek, Sanskrit, Gothic, Slavonic, and Lithuanic.
This is the view taken by Professor Bopp, from whose work, in favour of this position of the Georgian, the criticism relating to the numerals was taken.
The only vocabulary of Australia, where thenumerals run beyond five, is that of King George's Sound, as given in Mitchell's Australia.
That the Brahúi numerals were liker those of Southern India than any others, is indicated by Lassen.
The language of Fitz-Hugh Sound, of which we find thenumerals in the Mithridates, seems to be Hailtsa.
No array of mere numerals written to express dollars, or tables of figures standing for quantities, could in comprehensive sense tell the story of Red Cross work at Chickamauga, in 1898.
No array of mere numerals written to express dollars, or tables of figures standing for quantities, could, in comprehensive sense, tell the story of the Red Cross work at Chickamauga in 1898.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "numerals" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
