Project of a New System of Arithmetic, Weight, Measure and Coins: Proposed to be Called the Tonal System, with Sixteen to the Base (Google eBook)

John William Nystrom

Lippincott, 1862 - Weights and measures - 106 pages

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Detailed, thought out, interesting
I really enjoyed reading this. After becoming interested in alternate number systems after finding myself questioning the merits of the decimal system in mathematics, I stumbled upon the name John Nystrom. Incidentally, I quickly found myself absorbed into his work. I was already familiar with hex, but to find such a full-featured system -- the Tonal System -- was beyond astounding. I am not surprised that the Tonal System was not adopted, since it would be too disruptive to the current generation. Today, almost any change must conform with the rest of the world. However, if we could change -- right at this moment -- the number system, and all the nuisances of change were automatically taken care of, the Tonal System could not be overlooked. Especially in the digital age of binary, and therefore, hex. Very logical, simple, and most importantly, complete. 

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Contents

• Names of the Tonal Figures: 16
• Circumference of the Earth: 29
• Postage Stamps: 42
• Division of the Year: 43
• Counting Machine for the Tonal System: 57
• Critic on the French Meter: 75

Popular passages

Page 103 - ... and make war against the cranes. (114) These are they who begin well, but cease before they are perfect. — In India, there are also men who possess six hands. They are without clothes, but are extremely hairy, and dwell in rivers. (115) These are the laborious of the world. — There are men who have six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot.‎

Page 4 - I have the honor to subscribe myself, your most obedient servant, JOHN W.‎

Page 61 - International Association for obtaining a Uniform Decimal System of Weights, Measures, and Coins, held at Bradford, Yorkshire, Tuesday, October \\th, 1859. The International Association met in the theatre of the Mechanics‎

Page 5 - FORTESCUE. THE VERY REV. RICHARD DAWES, MA, Dean of Hereford. RICHARD COBDEN, Esq.. MP JAMES YATES, Esq , MA, FRS Greece ............ "•£ Holland .......... M.‎

Page 96 - These errors however are not material to the merits of the scheme." I have not been able to find a single expression in Mr.‎

Bibliographic information

• Title: Project of a New System of Arithmetic, Weight, Measure and Coins: Proposed to be Called the Tonal System, with Sixteen to the Base
• Author: John William Nystrom
• Publisher: Lippincott, 1862
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Jul 27, 2007
• Length: 106 pages