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What system is a system of measurement based on the number 10 by scientist in 1790s?
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decimalised system of measurement
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Who is the father of the decimal number system?
If you mean the Dewey Decimal Classification, a system of organizing library books by subject: that was invented by Melvil Dewey in 1876.If instead you mean the decimal-based metric system: the impetus for the invention came from King Louis XVI of France in the 1790s, but the idea itself is at least a century older than that.
What is the value of 1700 dime?
The first dimes were not struck until the 1790s.
What is the value of a quarter from the 1500?
The U.S. did not start minting quarters until the 1790s. In fact, the U.S. did not even exist in the 1500s! Please check your coin again and post a more detailed question, including a description of the design and wording on the coin.
What year of fify cent piece is most valuable?
The "king" of half dollars is generally considered to be the 1838-O, the first coins struck at the New Orleans mint. Only 20 coins were struck and all were proofs, an anomaly because proof coins were generally struck at Philadelphia only until 1968. Only about a dozen are known to have survived, and auction prices for some of the best specimens have neared $1 million. There are also several varieties of "draped bust" halves issued in the late 1790s that command similarly spectacular prices. A 1797 half with 15 stars in the design has sold in that same $1 million range.
What does the word Dime mean?
Answer:A dime is a ten cent coin More The name "dime" actually is a contraction of the name "disme" that was given to 10-cent coins when they were first issued in the 1790s, and "disme" is itself derived from the French word "dixième" (roughly, "dees-YEMM") meaning "one tenth". The origin of the French word goes back to the Latin "decima pars" (a tenth part)The idea for the name disme was the same as that of the cent - a disme is one tenth of a dollar, and a cent is one one-hundredth of a dollar: "Cent" is derived from the Latin word for 100.and also the word dime in spanish means ... tell me
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Who is the father of the decimal number system?
If you mean the Dewey Decimal Classification, a system of organizing library books by subject: that was invented by Melvil Dewey in 1876.If instead you mean the decimal-based metric system: the impetus for the invention came from King Louis XVI of France in the 1790s, but the idea itself is at least a century older than that.
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