Thanks for your informative piece on the Roman numerals on the Tomb of the Unknowns. Now can you explain to me why the 4 on my watch is denominated by IIII instead of IV, a fact I had not noticed ...

It’s always clock time at Hackaday, and this time we have an interesting hack of a clock by [danjovic]– the CIS4, a ...

Why do some analog clocks with Roman numerals have '4' as 'IV,' while others have 'IIII'? This is one of those questions where no one seems to have a definitive answer, and probably no one ever will.

Roman numerals are, by modern standards, a bit unusual. By virtue of using designations for both 5 and 10, and not scaling well to higher numbers, they’ve fallen out of favor outside of some … ...

How to read Roman numerals. Roman numerals use the letters of the alphabet, which are then used in combination the higher the number. The symbols for numbers 1-10 are as follows: ...

Do you want to win a bet? Ask someone to draw the face of an old grandfather clock with the Roman numerals placed correctly. Most of the numbers are easy — either IIII or IV is correct as the ...

Shame on Charles F. Snyder and whoever else is responsible for the clock on Penn Square. Not only is the number four wrong, all the numbers are wrong. This is America, and the numbers should be: 1 ...

News; UK News; English Heritage; What a clock up! Time goes backwards in city after Roman numerals put on WRONG WAY Wound-up shoppers in Eastgate in Chester, walked around scratching their heads ...

Roman numerals are so MCMLXXVI. But there’s good news for those who want the NFL to ditch its method of numbering the Big Game: Roger Goodell is giving you a one-year reprieve. This Sunday, you ...

There will not be a Super Bowl L as the NFL will go away from Roman numerals for a year and just call it Super Bowl 50. By Mark Sandritter Jun 4, 2014, 4:24pm EDT Share this story ...