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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 Duodecimal Bulletin

◀️ Issue: Whole Number 44z (52d) | Vol. 27z (31d) No. 2 | Year 1192z (1982d) ▶️



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Editor: Patricia Zirkel

Contents:

  • Annual Meeting of 1982 | Carmine De Santo, Se,
    • Approval of Minutes
    • President’s Report | Gene Zirkel
    • Report of the Nominating Committee
    • The Meeting of the Board of Directors
    • Treasurer’s Report | James Malone
    • Duodecimal Bulleting Report | Patricia McCormick Zirkel
    • New Business
  • Nationwide Coverage | Gene Zirkel
  • A Transposition that Accomplishes Division | Charles W. Trigg
  • Symbols, Symbols, @#$%^&*(?! Symbols | Gene Zirkel
  • How to Make a Dodecahedron | Mathematics Teacher, Vol. 75 No. 5 pp 380–382
  • A Program for Base Conversion | Sam Sesskin
  • Symbolically Speaking | A Puzzle
  • An Easy Approach to Counting in Dozens | Jean Kelly
  • Metrics Made Simple | A Reprint
  • Four Fours | A Problem from the Past
  • Dozenal Jottings | From Various Members
    • Mathematical Reviews: Annual Index – 1980 | John Selfridge, editor
    • Mathematics Magazine, p. 180, prime number conjecture article | John Selfridge
    • Dr. Igor Colonna Valevsky | asking about Frieda Butler
    • A. Adler Hirsch
    • Gene Zirkel
    • Prof. Jim Malone
    • Arthur Whillock
    • Dr. Anton Glaser
    • Charles Laberge | Auguste Compte's noting thumb can count phalanges to a dozen
    • Franz Zrillich
    • John Churchman
    • Dorine McIvor
    • Jay M. Jeffery
    • Dudley George | quote: Toynbee A Study of History
  • In Memoriam: Edward W. Pharo Jr.
  • The “Twelfth’s Rule”
  • Counting in Dozens