On Mon, 22 Dec 2008, Rob Seaman wrote: > > No. We have been using mean solar time formally since the 19th > century, and informally since we woke each morning to light shining through > the entrance of the cave.
Apparent solar time is not mean solar time. Remember that for a lot of history we used rubber hours that varied according to the time between sunrise and sunset. Mean solar time cannot be established without reasonably accurate clocks. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <d...@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ LUNDY FASTNET IRISH SEA: SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST 4 OR 5, OCCASIONALLY 6 IN IRISH SEA. MODERATE, OCCASIONALLY ROUGH IN LUNDY AND FASTNET. OCCASIONAL DRIZZLE. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
