KingOf7
09-21-2009, 09:19 PM
I remember CT asking about metric time in a previous episode, and it looks like the French Revolutionaries actually tried it:
http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2009/09/0922revolutionary-calendar
<i>Revolutionaries even attempted a metric day of 10 hours of 100 minutes each of 100 seconds each. With 100,000 seconds per day, this metric second was about 14 percent shorter than the one we know, of which 86,400 make a complete day.
Metric timekeeping was even less popular than the Calendrier Révolutionnaire. Clocks and watches are considerably more expensive than paper calendars and ledger books.</i>
http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2009/09/0922revolutionary-calendar
<i>Revolutionaries even attempted a metric day of 10 hours of 100 minutes each of 100 seconds each. With 100,000 seconds per day, this metric second was about 14 percent shorter than the one we know, of which 86,400 make a complete day.
Metric timekeeping was even less popular than the Calendrier Révolutionnaire. Clocks and watches are considerably more expensive than paper calendars and ledger books.</i>