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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.

Twelves and Tens

Title: Twelves and Tens
Author: A. C. Aitken
Year: 1179
Subject: Why dozenal is superior to decimal.
DSA_aitken_twelves_tens.pdf

Mr. Aitken writes in The Listener makes a case for dozenal, citing fractions and the revolutionary ardor of French promoters of the decimal metric system.
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