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But this one isn’t a coinicidence - the idea of having the unit of length be the length of a seconds pendulum predates the meter we have. (It doesn’t work beca
by madcaptenor 2y ago
But this one isn’t a coinicidence - the idea of having the unit of length be the length of a seconds pendulum predates the meter we have. (It doesn’t work because the period of a pendulum depends on your latitude.)
- renewiltord 2y agoYou're kidding me! That's a fact I had no idea about. I thought I was damned clever for having figured out the thing as a child and then found out all the other kids knew it too. I never thought to check the origin. Made my day. Thank you.
- School-Cotton 2y agoThere was an HN post about the pi^2=g connection not too long ago.
- madcaptenor 2y agoIt’s come up several times.