More ideas about clock faces are welcome.My system has been misbehaving and it still is not fine. Trying to read mail (in betweet sessions). I did send the TWO clocks (prototypes) that I have and am using to read both *metric and conventional times*. Did you also see the French clock showing 'back-to-back the 12-hours and the 10 hours' that I quoted having been used in the article American Scientist; V66; 305-13 (1978) by Richard A.Carrigan Jr. Editors decided not to use my rejoinder which I used in my book: Towards A Unified Technology (1982).
Hour Minute SecondShort Hand 12 xxx xxx Long Hand xxx 60 xxx Second Hand - xxx 60
The clock face I have shown (analog NOT digital) uses the follwing distribution of the *Time of the HOURS*
Hour Minute Second
Short Hand 12 1200 120000
Long Hand xxx 100 10000
Second Hand xxx xxx 100
I had quite a brickbats proposing this to USMA listserv during 2002, suggesting that BIG BEN face may have these time divisions, to raise politico-public opinion on introduction of *Decimalisation of Time of the HOUR in link with Arc-angle* that bridges the gap left by METRIC exponants when 'decimale time/French Republican Calendar was introduced' over 200 years ago to last for a mere 13-year period, due to THIS missing link between Time & arc-Angle axis.
YES, face of Big Ben when changed can mean 'instant reaction & form world opinion on Calendar Reform too. I have not been reading mail for several days, due to several accumulated reasons. Since Big Ben face cannot be seen from a distance, there seems NO need for the seconds hand; as such only the dial face need re-contruction to read:
100 (division) decimal minutes =1 HOUR =60 minutes
Isn't this 'cool & easy'!
Reagrsd,
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From: "Palmen, KEV (Karl)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: East Carolina University Calendar discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Hands and Clocks
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 12:46:47 -0000
Dear Calendar People
The E-mails I've been having with John Hynes have got me thinking about the relationship between hands on a clock face and the units of time measured.
The following table shows how many units need to be marked around the clock face for a given hand to measure a given unit.
Hour Minute Second Short Hand 12 720 43200 Long Hand 1 60 3600 Second Hand - 1 60
There is no simple correspondence between hands and units (despite the name 'second hand' or 'minute hand'). To do this one must assign a scale around the clock face to each hand. This is done as follows:
Hour Minute Second Short Hand 12 xxx xxx Long Hand xxx 60 xxx Second Hand - xxx 60
But then there's nothing to stop your from using hands differently by for example counting a quarter of a turn by a minute hand as quarter of an hour (so using a '1' in the table).
For the French Decimal Time (as shown to me by John Hynes) we have
Hour Minute Second Short Hand 10 1000 100,000 Long Hand 1 100 10,000
to these two hands John adds a second hand to give
Hour Minute Second Short Hand 10 1000 100,000 Long Hand 1 100 10,000 Second Hand - 1 100
The clocks had two scales (10 and 100 units round the face) leaving us with
Hour Minute Second Short Hand 10 xxx xxx Long Hand xxx 100 xxx Second Hand - xxx 100
However, for everyday telling of the time we don't need to know the time to the second and so we get
Hour Minute Short Hand 12 xxx Long Hand xxx 60
and Hour Minute Short Hand 10 xxx Long Hand xxx 100
Now would it be simpler to have
Deciday Centiday Short Hand 10 xxx Long Hand xxx 10
or even Deciday Centiday Milliday Short Hand 10 xxx xxx Long Hand xxx 10 xxx Longer Hand xxx xxx 10
If clocks were invented no later than hours and minutes, would there be 12 minutes in an hour?
More ideas about clock faces are welcome.
Karl Palmen
06(09(02
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