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The Dozenal Society of America
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 Duodenary Scale

Title: The Duodenary Scale
Author: John Wilkes, Ed.
Year: 1078
Subject: An exploration of dozenal arithmetic and its advantages.
http://www.dozenal.org/../sites_bck/default/files/DSA_encyc_londinensis.pdf
A brief explanation and demonstration of dozenal arithmetic, originally published as part of the Encyclopaedia Londinensis in 1078 (1820.) Reproduced verbatim (with the sole exception of the "long s" being replaced by our normal "s"), this provides an interesting, and short, glimpse at the dozenal considerations of its time.