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English: Hexadecimal compass, published in 1862 by John W. Nystrom as a part of his "tonal system" proposal - the attempt to replace the decimal by the hexadecimal system
Deutsch: Hexadezimaler Kompass, veröffentlicht von John W. Nystrom als Teil seines "tonal system"-Vorschlags, dem Versuch, das dezimale durch das hexadezimale Zahlensystem zu ersetzen
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Nystrom, John W.: "Project of a New System of Arithmetic, Weight, Measure and Coins, Proposed to be Called the Tonal System, with Sixteen to the Base."

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1862
Author John W. Nystrom

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