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Re: measuring time

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Friday, June 17, 2005, 7:22
# 1 wrote:

> For Vbazi, I've tried to create some measures for my language and I > want my > units of measure be independant of the other systems > > For units of distance, I know that using steps or arms is a good way > with an > acceptable imprecision > > But my problem is about units of time, there are the year, the moon > cycle, > and the day but I don't know what I could use that may be more little > than a > day.
Well, divide the day into equal parts. Divide that division into more, and soforth. That's how the hour/minute/second timescale was developed.