JACQUES See also:

• JACQUES INAUDI (1867- )

INAUDI (1867- )  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian calculating See also:

• PRODIGY

prodigy, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Onorato, See also:

• PIEDMONT (Ital. Piemonte; Low Lat. Pedemons and Pedemontium)

Piedmont, on the 15th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1867 . When between seven and eight years old, at which See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he was employed in herding See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep, he already exhibited an extraordinary aptitude for See also:

• MENTAL

mental calculation . His See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers attracted the See also:

• NOTICE

notice of various showmen, and he commenced to give exhibitions . He was carefully examined by leading See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French scientists, including See also:

• CHARCOT, JEAN MARTIN (1825-1893)

Charcot, from the physiological, psychological and mathematical point of view . The See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret of his arithmetical powers appeared to reside in his extraordinary memory, improved by continuous practice . It appeared to depend upon See also:

• HEARING (formed from the verb " to hear," O. Eng. hyran, heron, &c., a common Teutonic verb; cf. Ger. Koren, Dutch hooren, &c.; the O. Tent. form is seen in Goth. hausjan; the initial h makes any connexion with " ear," Lat. audire, or Gr. &Kobew very doub

hearing rather than sight, more remarkable results being achieved when figures were read out than when they were written .