"Duodecimal" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... attempt, not only for the reason he presents, but also because it does not agree with natural division, and is therefore not suited to commerce; neither is it suited to the average capacity of mankind for numbers; for, though some may be able to use duodecimal numeration and notation with ease, the great majority find themselves equal to decimal only, and some come short even of that, except in its simplest use. Theoretically, twelve should be preferred to ten, because ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 5, No. 28, February, 1860 • Various
... to be of Germanic origin, the duodecimal hundred, Ger. Grosshundert, being Norse or Gothic. But Ger. Grosshundert ...
— The Romance of Words (4th ed.) • Ernest Weekley |
