Hi Brent,
If you were in charge of things, we could call you Napoleon. What you are
proposing is the French Republican system, the metric system applied to
time, 100 grad for a quadrant, 90 degrees, 10 hours a day, 100 minutes per
hour, all totally rational. They even produced clocks and sundials based on
these rational, ok decimal, systems. A few still exist. Here is my favourite
example, a Republican sundial with a relativistic correction. See
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7ETZ_Republican_Sundial_Les_Vigneaux_Vallouise_Hautes_Alpes_France
As this is a text message, paste the url into your browser to see this fine
sundial.
Regards, Roger Bailey
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From: "Brent" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 1:19 PM
To: "Sundial List" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: 360 degree
I guess if I am going to get rid of hours and minutes it would be a good
time to get rid of the 360 degree circle as well.
Maybe my new circle would have 100 degrees.
Midnight would be 100 degrees
6am would be 25 degrees
noon would be 50 degrees
6pm would be 75 degrees
Now we are getting somewhere!
If only I was in charge of such things.
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