principal parts; the vowels are but the ligaments.
The letters appropriated to the figures are not merely arbitrary, but are adapted as nearly as possible to the form of the figures.[1]
t, like the figure 1, is a perpendicular, or down stroke, and differs only from it, in the addition of the small horizontal line drawn across the upper part of it; t is more like the figure 1, than any other consonant, if perhaps, we except the letter l. An additional reason for assigning the letter t to 1 is, that it occurs in the word unit.
n, is the appropriate letter to represent 2, there are two down strokes in it.
m, furnishes us with three down strokes, it will then give the idea of 3: if we place a 3 thus 3, it will form a tolerable outline of the letter m.
r, is to represent 4: r when written, (See
- ↑ Dr. Grey who assigned both vowels and consonants
to figures, in a manner perfectly arbitrary, has the following effect:
a e i o u au oi ei ou y 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 b d t f l s p k n z Here a and b stand for 1, e and d for 2, i and t for 3, etc.
