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Re: Time Units
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: Ludwik Kowalski <
KowalskiL@MAIL.MONTCLAIR.EDU
>
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: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 16:00:41 +0100
I remember Babylonia being mentioned for the
origin of 360 degrees. Probably because there
are nearly 360 days in a year. As for 24 hrs, I
would speculate that it turns 1/4 of a day into
6 hours. Perhaps 6 was a magic number of
some kind.
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