Re: Time Units

[paul o johnson <pojhome@FLASH.NET>]

Jim

I am currently reading Calendar by David Ewing Duncan. It's an excellent
source for Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Timekeeping. USA
Today says "Duncan writes the way good teachers teach: conversational
yet informed."

poj
Collin County College

Jim Green wrote:

> When/where did the units of our current time system originate?
>
> Who/why did the idea of 60 sec, 60 min, 24 hrs etc originate?
>
> Jim Green
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