I have been observing some comments on 12 vs 10. In fact, 10-hr x100 x10 scheme was actually in vogue during Indus civilisation; as I presented in my contribution *Linear Standard in Indus Civilisation (1984)* in the document on Sir Mortimer Wheeler Commemoration Volume, published by Archaeological Survey of India. My inference their length Unit was TWICE the Metre used by present civilisation.
12, 24 60 have emerged and stayed since their rational divibility by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20 & 30. With popularity of Metric Reform, there has been a comon mis-understanding that any thing that is divisble or a multiple of ten is METRIC; where as the fact is ITS LINKAGE to metre & hence the SI metric system of Units.
My reversion to *Decimalised HOURS of time of the Day and its linkage with METRE New (m') via Decimalisation of the DEGREE (arc-angle)* is for this particular convinience and to bring up a system that could be acceptable to the whole world.
This what has made me RETHINK: *to evolve the 24-hr clock with 100 x10 units for day intervals, as 'decimal seconds'; the 7-day week, the 360-degree circle & 90-degree quadrant to remain undisturbed but DEGREE to have 100" x100' (arc-seconds). The built up of calendar with 834-yr cycle/148 LWks lead to zeroDefect perennial calendar with 52-Weeks during NORMAL year and 'Years Divisible by Six(6) to have an ADDED 53rd Week as Leap Week of the Year'.
This is possibly the *EASIEST, SUREST and CHEAPEST* proposal for Reform of the Calendars.
Regards,
Brij Bhushan Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
20040104/11:97 (decimal) AM(IST)
Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda.
*****The New Calendar Rhyme*****
Thirty days in July, September:
April, June, November, December;
All the rest have thirty-one; accepting February alone:
Which hath but twenty-nine, to be (in) fine;
Till leap year gives the whole week READY:
Is it not time to MODIFY or change to make it perennial, Oh Daddy!
And make the calendar work with Leap Week Rule! ***** ***** ***** *****
From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [USMA:28135] Re: Calendar, date and time Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 14:16:30 +0100
Dividing the day in 2*12 hours was universal, not specifically invented. The
Latin qualifiers were sometimes used in old 17th and 18 century Dutch
'Resolutions of the Estates General', that is before AM/PM became strictly
Anglo-Saxon usage. On the other hand, I have seen year-month-day notations
in very old documents as well. In the world of archives, this notation has
been standard for decades, even before it was called ISO 8601.
I have a Fujitsu digital camera that allows me to choose year-month-day, but
forces AM/PM time on me for the timing of photos.
Although my computer was set on the configuration screen to ISO 8601 by
hand, Outlook Express attached the US notation in the headers of my emails.
So I went back to Date and Time, selected the US and then changed all
relevant settings - decimal sign, system of units, date and time- there
manually. Now my email headers are ISO 8601 as well. That is what one calls
fighting fire with fire.
Han
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Ossipov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 2004-01-02 1:30 Subject: [USMA:28081] Calendar, date and time
Does someone if who introduced 12 h plague notation first?
If the British Empire did, I don't wonder that such crap can be *only* British.
bye
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