On Sat 2016-04-23T21:44:42 +0800, Sanjeev Gupta hath writ: > How far back do we have to go before we have multiple leap seconds *per > day* ?
Somewhere around 40000 to 60000 years. Keep in mind that chronometers with escapements capable of that kind of precision per day did not exist 400 years ago, so the notion of second had a contemporary meaning which was much more figurative than precise. -- Steve Allen <[email protected]> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory--ISB Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 1156 High Street Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
