- This topic has 3 voices and 2 replies.
Viewing 4 posts - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)
-
Posts
-
By this I'm referring to who worked out the idea of 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in an hour, 60 seconds in a minute, how long a second was, why 60 and not 100? etc. I have heard it was the Babylonians. But don't know for sure.
I think that's correct, stumpfoot. Was it them who invented the Sumerian Sexagesimal System.Was the sundial the first device to tell time?
Interesting question, because one would think that having 100 as the basic unit for time (rather than 60) would make for easier time telling and standardizing. For example, having something like 10 “hours” a day, each with 100 “minutes” containing 100 “seconds” would be easier than having 24-60-60 time units.
Viewing 4 posts - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)
