Roman Numeral 4 On Clock Face

These clock part clip art images were from an old french catalog.

Roman numeral 4 on clock face.

Commonly roman numerals are written this way. Roman numeral clocks hour 4. Since this is a question that we have been asked many times we wanted to share with you some explanations on this. 2 other common uses include year numbers on monuments and buildings and copyright dates on the title screens of movies and television programs.

Shown above is the black and white clock image with roman. The notations iv and ix can be read as one less than five 4 and one less than ten 9 although there is a tradition favouring representation of 4 as iiii on roman numeral clocks. Roman numeral clocks hour 4. Without a definitive reason we offer v theories for the discrepancy.

Count the number of x s v s and i s on a clock face that has iiii. You find you have four x s four v s and 20 i s or four identical sets of xviiiii. Clock faces roman numerals. Iiii was the earliest way to write 4.

Although you probably learned iv as the roman numeral 4 in elementary school jerry clock faces often show iiii instead. His conjecture was as follows. Regarding the use of roman numeral iiii vs. Optical balance is re established by printing an also heavy iiii.

Round clock with roman numerals showing time 4 58. Clock parts clip art. Drag sliders below to adjust the size diameter of the clock face template number font size number set in and tick line lengths. This one was scanned from a circa 1902 printers book.

One tradition says the iiii form was used to avoid invoking the wrath of the roman god jupiter whose latin name ivppiter begins with iv. Imagine a watch face with roman numerals and look at the numerals opposite to each other all of them are in perfect balance except for the heavy viii and the light iv. Check the hands checkbox to display animated hour minute and second hands. Next we have a very ornate clock face clip art.

The clipart gallery of plain clocks hour 4 offers 60 images of clocks showing the time from 4 00 to 4 59 in one minute intervals. Iv on clocks i noticed iiii on clocks a long time ago and when i happened to meet a clockmaker i asked. Everything about this one is so fancy including the hands the roman numerals and the base. As a result of this he ordered all the clock makers in france to use only iiii on clocks.

Roman numerals originated in ancient rome approximately 1000bc and remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout europe well into the late middle ages long after the decline of the roman empire.