The ancient reason there are 60 minutes in an hour
A mysterious 5,000-year-old decision led directly to how we still count time today.
By Jocelyn Timperley
Books about Time at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/16707
The ancient reason there are 60 minutes in an hour
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@gutenberg_org I read that the reason was that 60 had many more integer divisors than did 10. 1,2,3,4,5,6 for a start.