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Re: The mil as a unit of angle.


Subject: Re: The mil as a unit of angle.
From: George Huxtable (george@XXX.XXX)
Date: Fri Mar 14 2003 - 02:36:44 EST


Richard Pisko said-

>Those failed French "decimalized" pocket watches from just
>after their Revolution are quite valuable, I have been told.

Response from George-

That's interesting. On what basis did the French attempt to decimalise
time? Was it in milliDays, perhaps? I hope so.

George Huxtable.

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