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Subject: Re: The mil as a unit of angle.
From: Marvin Sebourn (Osugeography@XXX.XXX)
Date: Fri Mar 14 2003 - 04:51:38 EST
In a message dated 3/14/2003 1:28:19 AM Central Standard Time,
george@XXX.XXX writes:
> Richard Pisko said-
>
> >Those failed French "decimalized" pocket watches from just
> >after their Revolution are quite valuable, I have been told.
>
> Response from George-
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> 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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>
Richard gave a brief account of the 10 hours, 100 minutes, 100 seconds of
French decimalized time. (I have numerous book references of this and the
calendar also.) The French Revolution changed three measuring systems: (1)
Introduced the metric system to standardize weights & measures (there was a
great deal of local variance, especially in produce weights or volumes. A
portion of the Magna Carta dealt with standardized weights also) (2) The
decimal system of time, almost stillborn, and (3) The Calendar reform, which
was used for a few years and enjoyed some further local use during the Paris
Commune of the late 1800s.
Regards to all,
Marvin
Marvin Sebourn
osugeography@XXX.XXX
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