Hi Mike: The French failure of the Calendar and Time were not the reasons that it lacked its links with the NUMBER system, but the *failure to link arc-angle with TIME zones* i.e. the hour-angle. If this was done,in that *had the Nautical Kilometre* been defined and linked to METRE: as 1/100th of the *grad* it might have survived for some more time, or may be could have continued and I would have learned that way! But, Napoleon's coronation could yet be another reason to abandone the *Freedom calendar of France*. Could someone *enlighten me* on this since I worked without any information on the subject! Brij Bhushan Vij ,[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>From: "Mike Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [USMA:21620] USMA:21597] Unit names; consumers' rights; duodecimal >system >Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 08:23:44 +0800 > >On 2002-08-09 Han Maenen wrote: > > >Another thing: changing to the duodecimal number system is impossible. I > >would be implacably opposed to it. Everything in mathematics will have to > >start from scratch. Although clocks use the duodecimal system, the >numbers > >on them are still decimal ones. In the trash with most clocks and >watches! > >The cost would be astronomic. > >Han >This is the very reason France did not include the measurement of time when >the metric system was >first drawn up. They had every intention to decimalise time measurements >back then, but only because >the huge cost of replacing existing clocks and watches and clock & >watchmakers' hardware did they >have to drop it. > >Mike _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
