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Re: barred-h

From:Christophe Grandsire <grandsir@...>
Date:Monday, August 30, 1999, 6:46
Danny Wier wrote:
> > Quoth BP: > > >Why on earth would there be a barred-h in a Korean font??? > > Transcription? (I've heard some Korean speakers use a pretty hard > Arabic-like laryngeal.) Seriously, I think the barred h is also a > scientific symbol, maybe a constant or a measurement; I forget... >
It is indeed a constant, and a very important one! It's the Planck constant divided by 2*Pi. One of the most fundamental constant of the modern physics (the other ones are c, the light speed, and G, the gravitation constant). BTW, talking of constants, does anyone knows the exact length of the Earth year in days (with as many decimals as possible) or at least knows an URL where I can find it? I want to make a personal calendar to go with my personal language and I need to know that. I know this would be better posted on conculture-l, but I prefer not subscribing to it with this address (I have to much real life work to do), and I can't use my other addresses as much.
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