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Wow, that's interesting, thanks for sharing. I've always wondered why date, time and even other units of measure were not calibrated in the decimal system from
by vram22 8y ago
Wow, that's interesting, thanks for sharing. I've always wondered why date, time and even other units of measure were not calibrated in the decimal system from the beginning. I had read about the controversy when Britain adopted the metric system, that may have been when I started thinking about this.
- TremendousJudge 8y agoThey actually tried to introduce decimal time[1], as well as a decimal week[2]. They didn't stick though. If you are interested on the topic of the history of the metric system, check out The Measure of All Things[3], an absolutely fantastic read [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_time [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_Calendar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_Calendar [3] https://www.amazon.com/Measure-All-Things-Seven-Year-Transformed/dp/0743216768 https://www.amazon.com/Measure-All-Things-Seven-Year-Transfo...
- vram22 8y agoThanks, sounds good, will check those out.