I should add: Didn't someone say that the oldest sundial known was a
Chinese Equatorial Dial marked for Equal Hours?
Anyway, in Europe, equal hours have been in use for, what, around 700
years? But, if I correctly remember what i read, Temporary Hours were in
use in classical and ancient times,
(I should clarify again that, for clarity, I like to capitalize _kinds_ of
whatever sort of thing I'm talking about...such as kinds of sundials or
hour-systems, though I realize that that capitalization is probably not
officially correct.)
Another closely-related interesting question is the
Hi Dan,
Don't worry, 60 is well represented in time and angular measurements. We have
60 minutes in an hour, 60 seconds in a minute, 6 x 60 degrees in a circle and
again 60 minutes in a degree and sixty seconds in a minute. Why? Being highly
divisible is only part of the story. Other parts
