Re: barred-h
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <grandsir@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, August 30, 1999, 6:46 |
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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.
>
> Danny
>
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