| Year | 1999 |
| Date | 27-Aug |
| Volume | 183 |
| Issue | 4,101 |
| Page | 251 |
| Category | Post Bag |
| Part | |
| Title | Primary aesthetics (IIII or IV? (Why; Roman numerals), Steve Eccles) |
| Author | Jack Jacobs; John Chapman; D.Illingworth; Mick Nicholson; Colin Higgins; Tony Finn; Brian Harfield; Nicholas Driver; D.A.G.Brown; Roy Whiffin |
| Notes | Tony Finn's computer generated dial for the Hull SMEE clock (shows 4 as IV); Roy Whiffin's illustrations of clock faces with Arabic and Roman numerals |