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The DSA is a voluntary, nonprofit education corporation, organized for the conduct of research and education of the public in the use of dozenal (also called duodecimal or base-twelve) in calculations, mathematics, weights and measures, and other branches of pure and applied science.

The Duodecimal System of Notation

Title: The Duodecimal System of Notation
Author: L. H. Vincent
Year: 1131
Subject: A simple, mostly verbal argument for dozenal.
http://www.dozenal.org/../sites_bck/default/files/DSA_vincent_duodecimal.pdf

This article by L. H. Vincent gives a refreshingly simple, yet compelling case for base twelve. Word-heavy and math-light, he lays out the dozenal system with only one small table and no embedded mathematics.