Hi John, What a horrible system for timekeeping! It alienates us, further than standard time does, from our natural time, solar time.
Willy Leenders Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium) Visit my website about the sundials in the province of Limburg (Flanders) with a section 'worth knowing about sundials' (mostly in Dutch): http://www.wijzerweb.be Op 14-jul-2011, om 20:55 heeft John Schilke het volgende geschreven: > > Greetings! > As a matter of fact, this idea has been suggested in some detail, > including a patented New Zealand clock; there is even an iPhone app for it. > It is called New Earth Time, with midnight = 0º and noon = 180º. See > http://newearthtime.net. > Great idea! > John Schilke > > Begin forwarded message: >>> On 18/01/2011 20:03, Brent wrote: Hello; >>> >>> If you think about it, hours, minutes and seconds are an >>> awkward system for using time. >>> >>> My idea would be to switch to a 360 degree clock. >>> The earth is round and makes one complete revolution per >>> day, 360 degrees. So why not measure time based on what >>> angle of degree the earth happens to be at your location.... >>> >>> Makes more sense to me. >>> >>> Did anyone ever tell time this way? >>> It seems like it would work nicely with sundials. >>> >>> brent > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >
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