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----- Original Message ----- From: "Brij Bhushan Vij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, 2004-10-24 08:36
Subject: [USMA:31328] Nautical Distances Re: Aristean-Metre Re: New time zones of the world
Amos, sir:.....and the circle was divided into 400 grads, which means a grad on the equator (or any meridian) measures close to 100 km.....This is what I proposed in my base contribution: The Metric Second (1973) published through Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi in their issue of April 1973; and arrived at my definition of Nautical Kilometre p.157 of the issue refers.
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From: Amos Shapir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: East Carolina University Calendar discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Aristean-Metre Re: New time zones of the world
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 14:15:16 +0200
AFAIK, the French did try to decimalize the clock and the circle; there are
time pieces of that time with 10-hour faces, and the circle was divided into
400 grads, which means a grad on the equator (or any meridian) measures
close to 100 km. Maybe the latter fact is the reason the calculator which
is on my screen right now (on the very popular WIndows XP system) can handle
angles in degrees, radians or grads -- someone must still be using grads
somewhere!
From: Brij Bhushan Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...Is the intention to confuse reformist ideas of METRICATION and hence SI - Le Systeme Internationale d'Unites? Non-linking of Arc-Angle with TIME zones was the problem during French Republical attempt to cause the failure of *decimale time/French Republican Calendar*.
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