The Classical Review, Vol. 6 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Classical Review, Vol. 6What the Roman carpenter called a nérma the English carpenter calls an L - square it is formed by setting two straight lines at a right angle to each other. Engravings of the 77.6mm may be seen in the Dictionary of Antiquities: it was of various kinds, the essential point in each being the right angle. In Etyma Latina I have suggested that the Latin instrument was named, as the English one is, from its resemblance to the letter L.I I shall here show (1) that the L of certain Italian alphabets had like our L a right angle, that in some Italian alphabets L was the ninth letter and would therefore according to ancient usage be called and (3) that the derivative of mine, would naturally become nerma.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.