Item Info

Creation Date: 12/8/1829
Scripts/Text: Fraktur; Roman print; Roman script
Language: English
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; ink
Transcription:

Numeration
Numeration teaches to write or Express numbers by figures and \ to read numbers thus written or Expressed, in treating of numbers \ the following terms are employed, viz, Unit, Ten, Hundred, Thousand & Million as also Billion Trillion & some others \ But the latter are seldom used

The Table
1 one
1 2 twelve
1 2 3 one Hundred & Twenty three
1 2 3 4 1 Thousand 234
1 2 3 4 5 12 Thousand 345
1 2 3 4 5 6 123 Thousand 456
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 Millions 234 Thousand 567
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 Million 345 Thousand 678
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 123 Millions 456 Thousand 789

Category: Bookmark (Lesezeichen)
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text is written in Roman script, with the exception of “The Table,” which is in Fraktur. This is the reverse of FLP 315.
The compass, square, and G (for geometry or God) that are included on the front of this item are common Masonic symbols.

Associated Names: Kerlin, Harriet
Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on inscription on document
Region/County:Berks
City/Town/Township:Brecknock Township
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Image Dimensions Width: 31 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 315
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener