This section is from the book "The Engineer's And Mechanic's Encyclopaedia", by Luke Hebert. Also available from Amazon: Engineer's And Mechanic's Encyclopaedia.
Digit, in Arithmetic, any one of the ten numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0 • also a measure equal to three-quarters of an inch.
 
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