Numbers -- Egypt -- History;Numbers in the Bible;Accounting -- Egypt -- History
In this paper the capacity limits of technological devices used in ancient Egypt are used to explain the Biblical phrase that in accounting for grain the Egyptians ran out of numbers.
Inventories -- History;Taxation -- United States -- History
The history of LIFO illustrates the interplay of taxes and the general acceptance of accounting principles. In this paper, the gradual acceptance of LIFO in the United States is traced. The study focuses on both the theoretical evolution of LIFO...