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From: eachus@spectre.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus)
Subject: 1941 and still looking... (was Re: the term "pound sign")
Date: 1996/10/28
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Date: 1996-10-28T00:00:00+00:00
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    I haven't been able to pin a date on this usage yet, but I do have
a data point better than most of those posted.  In "Mathematical
Tables from Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, Seventh Edition it says
on page 326;  "# Number(if written before a numeral); pounds (weight),
lb. (if written after a numeral.)"

    The copyrights are 1931, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1941. Since my
father bought this as a college student (he graduated in 1943) this
certainly puts the usage before any computer related usage.  I think
my father still has the 5th edition around somewhere also.  I'll keep
looking.

--

					Robert I. Eachus

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