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- From: mike@aloysius.equinox.gen.nz (Mike Campbell)
- Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
- Subject: Re: Period Calendar Wanted
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- References: <1992Dec31.162934.22106@pbhya.PacBell.COM>
- Date: Fri, 01 Jan 93 22:54:16 GMT
- Organization: Me? Organized?
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- In article <1992Dec31.162934.22106@pbhya.PacBell.COM> whheydt@PacBell.COM writes:
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- > In article <725767220.AA00000@blkcat.UUCP> Dave.Ar > onson@p11.f120.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Dave Aronson) writes:
- > >jww@evolving.com (John W. Woolley) writeth:
- > > JWW> Remember that, no matter the time of year, there are twelve equal hours
- > > JWW> of day and twelve of night; so that in winter day hours are much shorter > > JWW> than night hours.
- > >
- > >3. Does anyone out there know of any self-adjusting timepieces that would take > >this stretching and shrinking of hours into account?
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- > Yup. A sundial. It was the development of mechanical clocks that
- > changed things--eventually--to an all-hours-are-equal system.
- > Remember that most of history is before mechanical clocks.
- >
- Roman rates of march were: Normal = 20 miles in 8 Summer hours;
- Forced = 25 miles in 10, so they knew the difference, even back then
- :-)
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- Mike Campbell, Christchurch, New Zealand
- mike@aloysius.equinox.gen.nz
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