[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [The Hindu-Arabic Numerals](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.smith-karpinski-1911) › c8.55 # The Hindu-Arabic Numerals c8.55 The Hindu-Arabic Numerals c8.55 - **Language:** English ### [c8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.smith-karpinski-1911.c8.55) ⁵ In the 1484 edition, Borghi uses the form "çefiro : ouero nulla : " while in the 1488 edition he uses "zefiro : ouero nulla," and in the 1540 edition, f. 3, appears "Chiamata zero, ouero nulla." Woepcke asserted that it first appeared in Calandri (1491) in this sentence: "Sono dieci le figure con le quali ciascuno numero si può significare : delle quali n'è una che si chiama zero : et per se sola nulla significa" (f. 4). \[See \*Propagation\*, p. 522.\] - [Previous: c8.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.smith-karpinski-1911.c8.54) - [Next: c8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.smith-karpinski-1911.c8.56) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.smith-karpinski-1911.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.smith-karpinski-1911.c8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.smith-karpinski-1911.c8.55) · Pramāṇa