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IF your correspondent will refer to Leslie's “Philosophy of Arithmetic,” p. 103 et seq., he will find that very much is known respecting the origin of the numerals. By referring to p. 107, same work, he will find that the numerals he gave are wonderfully like the Sanskrit.
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LYALL, W. Origin of the Numerals. Nature 12, 496 (1875). https://doi.org/10.1038/012496b0
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