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The question posted by Frank is «Why Italians changed the hour system?» Well,
as I wrote not only Italians but all Europe changed time system. Till now there
no one document that explane why, but it easy to suppose that Times was
changing in all Europe and old hour system didn't
My last e-mail ends with: «Question number 3 need more time. I will do it nex
email.».
Ok Now I have a little time to continue.
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3. Given that their days ran from midnight to
midnight, why did the Romans (Italians)
change to Italian Hours when they adopted
equal hours?
Hello All,
Today I ran across something new and available online that some of you may be
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works a little bit like Google Earth except it is for viewing objects in space:
www.worldwidetelescope.org
Have fun!
Best,
J
Dear Mario,
Thank you very much for your splendid
reply. The quotations from Censorinus
are exactly what I was looking for!
I like the title: De die natali liber!
You say that the intere nychthemeron
was divided into 24 equal hours from
midnight till the next midnight.
Were these equal hours co
Hi Frank,
take a look here, maybe it can help you!
I find it in 5 seconds. You can find a lots like this on google books.
http://books.google.it/books?id=MC8XYAAJ&pg=PA72&dq=computing+time+roman
Nicola
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