Stefan_S_from_H@piefed.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhoever invented the 12-hour clock never doubted that people will always know if it's day or nightmessage-squaremessage-square118linkfedilinkarrow-up1280
arrow-up1280message-squareWhoever invented the 12-hour clock never doubted that people will always know if it's day or nightStefan_S_from_H@piefed.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square118linkfedilink
minus-squareGraniteM@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 month ago Thanks to the Romans, we also have super messy units for length But we can still blame the English for the furlong.
minus-squareTranquilTurbulence@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoAccording to that Wikipedia article: The furlong was historically viewed as being equivalent to the Roman stade (stadium), which in turn derived from the Greek system. Yeah, even the history of units is messy.
But we can still blame the English for the furlong.
According to that Wikipedia article:
Yeah, even the history of units is messy.