scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3320345

MaRDI QIDQ5600835zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Lourens van Den Brom

Publication date 1969

zbMATH Keywords

counting on fingerssexagesimal system

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General histories, source books (01A05)

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