Re: Metric Time (was Re: Why not 13 months? (Was La Systeme Metrique))
Olaf Seibert (rhialto@mbfys.kun.nl)
14 Oct 1995 02:33:57 GMT
In <45fbqr$3kd@shore.shore.net> Whittet@shore.net (Whittet) writes:
| Well for one thing there are exactly twice as many seconds in a century
| as inches in the circumference of the earth at the equator.
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| The circumference of the earth at the equator is 24902.72727 mi
| There are 36524 days in a century
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| 365.24 x 100 x 24 x 60 x 60/24902.72727 x 5280 x 12 x 2=1
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| Can you make an equivalent claim for the meter?
How about 40,000 km circumference? And how about leap centuries?
-Olaf.
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