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Query:

Subject: Why are there 60 minutes in an hour and 24 hours in a day ?

Date: Thu Feb 26 07:15:53 1998
Posted by John Temple
Grade level: nonaligned
School: No school entered.
City: Liverpool State/Province: Merseyside
Country: United Kingdom
Area of science: Science History
ID: 888498953.Sh
Message:

Where did the definitions of hours, minutes etc come from and how  long have they been in use ?



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