Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom, Volume 1John Murray, 1929 - Animism |
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Page 244
... fingers had taught me them . I did not know the ciphers ; I counted on my fingers , and when the number passed 10 I made notches on a bit of wood . ' It is thus that all savage tribes have been taught arithmetic by their fingers . Mr ...
... fingers had taught me them . I did not know the ciphers ; I counted on my fingers , and when the number passed 10 I made notches on a bit of wood . ' It is thus that all savage tribes have been taught arithmetic by their fingers . Mr ...
Page 245
... finger - counting among tribes who can , if they choose , speak the number , and who either silently count it upon their fingers , or very usually accompany the word with the action ; nor indeed are either of these modes at all ...
... finger - counting among tribes who can , if they choose , speak the number , and who either silently count it upon their fingers , or very usually accompany the word with the action ; nor indeed are either of these modes at all ...
Page 246
... finger - counting and word- counting may be stated as follows . For readiness and for ease and apprehension of numbers , a palpable arith- metic , such as is worked on finger - joints or fingers , or heaps of pebbles or beans , or the ...
... finger - counting and word- counting may be stated as follows . For readiness and for ease and apprehension of numbers , a palpable arith- metic , such as is worked on finger - joints or fingers , or heaps of pebbles or beans , or the ...
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