Assertion: arabic numeral | /r/CapableOf | devote chapter
Facets:
value: to history
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to its origin
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The importance of such a sign, the fact that it is a prerequisite to a place-value system, and the further fact that without it the Hindu-Arabic numerals would never have dominated the computation system of the western world, make it proper to devote a chapter to its origin and history.