Mendeleyev was said to have been inspired by the card game known as solitaire in North America and patience elsewhere, where in cards are arranged by suit horizontally and by number vertically.

据说，门捷列夫是从北美洲的单获得了灵感，从别处获得了耐心。在那种里，纸按花色排成列，按点排成纵行。

When denoting multi-digit numbers, each digit is displayed from left to right in descending value.

在表示多的时候，则将码从左到右列降排列。

Steam rushed whistling into the gaping valves. Long horizontal pistons groaned and pushed the tie rods of the drive shaft.

蒸汽涌入半开的机关中；发出呼呼的啸声。一排排列的活塞发出格格的声响，推动机轴的杠杆。