But on May's election ballot, this time the usual 29 cents per $1,000 tax rate mistakenly included a decimal point before the “29” -- meaning the tax would raise only about $70,000 instead of ...

The origins of the decimal point, something millions of people use daily, may be much older than we first thought. It was initially considered to have originated in 1593, having been used by ...

Historians have discovered what may be the world's first decimal point, in an ancient manuscript written 150 years before its next known appearance. There have been many ways to split integers ...

News Misplaced decimal point means Oregon county’s 911 system could be out millions Updated: Jun. 27, 2019, 3:48 p.m. | Published: Jun. 27, 2019, 7:00 a.m.

When poring over some of Bianchini’s work, Van Brummelen came across the number 10.4, written with the decimal point and an explanation of how to multiply the number by 8.

SIMON: He traced the decimal point back 150 years further than previously thought, to a little-known mathematician in Ferrara, Italy, named Giovanni Bianchini.

The decimal point was invented around 150 years earlier than previously thought, according to an analysis of astronomical tables compiled by the Italian merchant and mathematician Giovanni ...

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