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 ...

His latest addition, is the Tamil numerals wall clock. “I worked on this idea for 10 years before it became a reality,” says the Coimbatore-based 40-year-old, speaking about the clock.

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 … ...

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 ...

Numerals I through IV were added later for the first four Super Bowls. Makes a lot of sense when you think about it. Despite being played in 2021, Super Bowl LV will be crowning the champion of ...