Citations:octodecimal

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English citations of octodecimal

Pertaining to 18
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  • 1950, Ramananda Chatterjee, The Modern Review - Volume 87, page 404:
    18 modes of archery and use of other implements of war (Adavuyal and Ayudhet prayogangal), 18 kinds of manners and customs (Nattacharangal) and there seems to be something of importance in this octodecimal division.
  • 1951, Inter-African Bureau for Soils and Rural Economy, African Soils - Volumes 1-3, page 107:
    it is reasonable to suppose that a warmer temperature will be manifest as from the octodecimal apex 1957-58, and will subsequently continue.
Base 18
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  • 1907, The Dial - Volume 43, page 411:
    The decimal scheme should have been made a duodecimal, or better a quinquedecimal or octodecimal one; the expansive system would need a more than India-rubber elasticity to include all the whimsical creations of an author's brain.