Hi Jean-Paul: As I'm receiving FAQ questions I will place them into different categories, not only to make my job easier, but as a proposal for categorization to the FAQ answer committee. Of course some categories overlap others so it is debatable as to whether the question is properly categorized. But I have to start somewhere. The committee can change things later on if they need to. Most of your questions will fall under the "Time" section, others under the "History" section. Since the different kinds of time are intimately linked to history, you can see how I'll have some difficulty in properly categorizing the questions.
>John, > >A chapter of the FAQs should be devoted to the >different kinds of hours used by people in the >past and sometimes shown by sundials.. >Is it possible to list all of them ? >Why were there so many different kinds ? >Where were they used ? >Where do they come from ? >When did they appear in the history and when did >they vanish ? >What "hours" were used in India, Japan, Korea, >China,... ? >Was there a hour system in the Maya and other >central american civilizations ? >And so on. It would not be an uninteresting >chapter > >Best regards >Jean-Paul Cornec > >
