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SEEING that excellently designed numerals are common on the scales of instruments, and bad styles are rare, I have been surprised at the interest which has been taken by engineers and others in the proposed numerals which were illustrated in NATURE of February 24. I have adopted some of the suggestions which I have received in the revised set here illustrated. My intention eight years ago was to produce designs suitable for the scales of measuring instruments and for the dials of engine counters and electric supply meters, where the numerals appear through holes. Most of the suggestions which I have received since my paper appeared in the Journal of the Institution of Electrical Engineers relate to numerals punched on metal.
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TROTTER, A. Numerals for Scales and Punches. Nature 97, 121–122 (1916). https://doi.org/10.1038/097121a0
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