SUBJECT>Re: Zachary's Discovery-Metric Clocks (Joule) POSTER>Nimrod STAFF>Yes EMAIL>Nimrod@MarsDawn.com DATE>May 30, 1997 at 08:02:25 EMAILNOTICES>no PREVIOUS>2255 NEXT>2262 LINKNAME> LINKURL>


During the French revolution a metric clock and calendar was adopted. It was so cumbersome a conversion, however, and enforced by so unstable a government that the system never took hold and was dropped almost immediately.

*Nimrod*