A few days ago
mary louise espinoza

why do some clocks write the roman numeral for four like IIII instead of IV?

On our clock we noticed that four o clock was written as IIII instead of IV. since IV is the usual way why would this be?

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A few days ago
Anonymous

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It has to do with the balance of weight on the clock. If they used IV, the balance would be off on that side. (Personally I don’t see how that works, but that’s what I have read over the years…)
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