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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ...the 6 in the second place, 120 (6X20); the 0 in the third place, 0 (0X360); and the 14 in the fourth place, 100,800 (14X7,200). The sum of these four products equals 100,932 (12 ] 120 + 0 + 100,800). The numbers from 144,000 to 2,879,999, inclusive, involved the use of five places or terms--kins, uinals, tuns, katuns, and cycles. The last of these (the fifth place) had a numerical value of 144,000. (See Table VIII.) For example, the number 169,200 is recorded in figure 63, fi, . The 0 in the first place equals 0 (0X1); the 0 in the second place, 0 (0X20); the 10 in the third place, 3,600 (10X360); the 3 in the fourth place, 21,600 (3 X 7,200); and the 1 in the fifth place, 144,000 (1 X 144,000). The sum of these five products equals 169,200 (0 + 0 + 3,600 + 21,600 + 144,000). Again, the number 2,577,301 is recorded in figure 63, i. The 1 in the first place equals 1 (lxl); the 3 in the second place, 60 (3 X 20); the 19 in the third place, 6,840 (19 X 360); the 17 in the fourth place, 122,400 (17 X 7,200); and the 17 in the fifth place, 2,448,000 (17X144,000). The sum of these five products equals 2,577,301 (1+60 + 6,480+122,400 + 2,448,000). The writing of numbers above 2,880,000 up to and including 12,489,781 (the highest number found in the codices) involves the use of six places, or terms--kins, uinals, tuns, katuns, cycles, and great cycles--the last of which (the sixth place) has the numerical value 2,880,000. It will be remembered that some have held that the sixth place in the inscriptions contained only 13 units of the fifth place, or 1,872,000 units of the first place. In the codices, however, there are numerous calendric checks which prove conclusively that in so far as the codices are concerned the sixth place was composed of 20 units of the fifth ..
