My new publication: "A Beginner's guide to dozenal"

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I am pretty sure that a few of my viewers are confused about the dozenal system in general, so if you are unsure what dozenal is, then click here to see my publication.

Remembering the Twozeenth Biquennium

This is more to do with history, and less with dozenal.

Not commonly known, but as with centuries in decimal, Years that end in 00 in dozenal are the last ones of the biquenniums, and the year after is the start of the new one (yes, this means you celebrated the 3rd millennium a year early :( ). This is because there is no year 0 in the AD numbering system

The 12th Biquennium is a period that lasted from 1101 (1873) until 1200 (2016)

Here is a timeline (based on Wikipedia data):

• 1101 - The panic of 1101 (more commonly known as The panic of 1873) starts the "Long Depression"
• 1101 - The samurai class is abolished in Japan
• 1101 - Blue Jeans and Barbed Wire were invented
• 1102 - The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland
• 1102 - The British East India Company is dissolved
• 1102-1103 - First Republic in Spain
• 1103-1124 - 8;8 dillion Indians perish due to famine
• 1104 - Queen Victoria becomes Empress of India
• 1104-1107 - 4;4 dillion Chinese die of famine
• 1105 - The Great Railroad Strike could have been the US's first nationwide labour strike
• 1105 - Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars
• 1105- Thomas Edison invents the Phonograph
• 1107 - Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa
• 110X - The UK occupies Egypt
• 110E - Treasure Island is Published
• 1110 - Huckleberry Finn is Published
• 1110 - Machine Gun is Invented
• 1110-1111 - Scramble for Africa
• 1112 - First commercial Automobile
• 1115 - Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris
• 1115 - Brazilian Empire ends, becomes a republic
• 1115 - Asprin is Patented
• 1116 - Death of Vincent Van Gogh
• 1116 - Cardboard Box Invented
• 1118 - Basketball Invented
• 1119 - US takes Hawaii
• 1119 - New Zealand enacts Women's suffrage
• 111X - First Commercial Film
• 111E - Volleyball Invented
• 1122 - US gains Cuba, Puerto Rico, and The Philippines after Spanish-American War
• 1124 - Wizard of Oz Published
• 1125 - Australian Colonies Unite to a Single Government
• 1130 - Model T Released
• 1130 - First commercial radio stations
• 1132 - Japan Annexes Korea
• 1134 - Republic of China (now Taiwan) Established
• 1136 - World War 1 Starts
• 1139 - Start of Soviet Union
• 113X - World War 1 Ends
• 1140 - Prohibition starts in the US
• 1142 - Ireland Gains Independence
• 1144 - Vladimir Lenin Dies
• 1145 - Mussolini takes over Italy
• 1147 - Stalin Takes Power
• 1148 - Discovery of Penicillin
• 1149 - Great Depression starts
• 1150 - FDR becomes President
• 1151 - Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
• 1157 - Start of World War 2
• 1160 - D-Day
• 1161 - World War 2 Ends
• 1162 - Italy becomes a republic
• 1165 - Partition of Germany
• 1166 - Start of Korean War
• 1168 - Queen Elizabeth II Becomes Queen of the UK
• 1173 - Cuban Revolution
• 1177 - "I had a Dream" Speech
• 1177 - Kennedy Assassinated
• 1180 - MLK Assassinated
• 1181 - Moon Landings
• 1187 - Vietnam war ends
• 1188 - Apple started
• 118E - Smallpox Eradicated
• 1194 - HIV discovered
• 1199 - Fall of Berlin Wall
• 119X - Internet Invented
• 119E - Soviet Union Ends
• 11X0 - EU Starts
• 11X7 - Euro Introduced
• 11X9 - September E Attacks (More Commonly Known As September 11 Attacks)
• 11XE - Iraq war begins
• 11E7 - South Sudan becomes world's newest country
• 11EE - Liquid Water found on Mars
• 11EE - First close-up images of Pluto

Why I advise against calling the digit 'X' "dek"

Most people want to call the digit 'X' "Dek", but as you may (or may not) know, I would prefer "ten", and here is why:

It is pointless

I understand calling it dek if we call 10; "ten", but most dozenalists know that it is a bad idea to do such, as it would cause a lot of confusion. So why change the name?

It is sometimes a mouthful to say when in groups of numbers

Try: 1/7 (0;186X35186X35...)

(Though I propose 'E' to be "eleven", which is also bad for a digit, but it can be called "elv" to solve this problem)

It isn't really English

I do understand Latin 'decem' for prefixes, but I'd rather keep number names Germanic in origin

Final SI redefinition

Remember on my blog post a few months ago where I redefined SI in Cadent units like the Imperial was redefined in Metric

I said:

1 second is equal to 100/21 tems (so no change)

1 metre is equal to 3;46EX tandems

1 kilogram is equal to 0;56X067E pondus

I would like to adjust the value a bit.

The foot was defined as 3048 tenths of a millimetre, a number divisible by 12.

neither 346EX or 56X07E are divisible by ten, so this is why I am making a new redefinition:

1 second is equal to 100/21 tems (so no change)

1 metre is equal to 3;46EX0894 tandems

1 kilogram is equal to 0;56X0696 pondus

this way, millimetres and grams can still be even with Cadent units.

New Base Naming System

I created a new, systematic, consistent, and simpler naming system for number bases:

Base (dozenal)	Base Name
1	unary
2	binary
3	trinary
4	quadinary
5	pentinary
6	hexinary
7	septinary
8	octinary
9	ennary
X	decinary
E	levinary
10	unial
11	uniaunary
12	uniabinary
13	uniatrinary
14	uniaquadinary
15	uniapentinary
16	uniahexinary
17	uniaseptinary
18	uniaoctinary
19	uniaennary
1X	uniadecinary
1E	unialevinary
20	binial
21	biniaunary
22	biniabinary
23	biniatrinary
24	biniaquadinary
25	biniapentinary
26	biniahexinary
27	biniaseptinary
28	biniaoctinary
29	biniaennary
2X	biniadecinary
2E	binialevinary
30	trinial
31	triniaunary
32	triniabinary
33	triniatrinary
34	triniaquadinary
35	triniapentinary
36	triniahexinary
37	triniaseptinary
38	triniaoctinary
39	triniaennary
3X	triniadecinary
3E	trinialevinary
40	quadnial
41	quadniaunary
42	quadniabinary
43	quadniatrinary
44	quadniaquadinary
45	quadniapentinary
46	quadniahexinary
47	quadniaseptinary
48	quadniaoctinary
49	quadniaennary
4X	quadniadecinary
4E	quadnialevinary
50	pentnial