Re: How long is a day.....really?

[fer j. de vries]

Thibaud,   Yes, that's right. If we don't add leap seconds to our watch, the watch is no longer related to the sun but only to the atoms. We want to keep the relation to the sun and that's why we have to correct our watch from time to time.   Fer.   Fer J. de Vries [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iae.nl/users/ferdv/ Eindhoven, Netherlands lat.  51:30 N      long.  5:30 E ----- Original Message ----- From: T.& M. Taudin-Chabot To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 8:37 PM Subject: Re: How long is a day.....really? > Shouldn't we go back to sundial time? We never need to add a leap second to our watch................. That leap second is only necessary to synchronize our watches with the sundials isn't it? ----------------------------------------------------------------- Thibaud Taudin-Chabot 52°18'19.85" North 04°51'09.45" East home email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (attachments max. 500kB; for larger attachments contact me first)