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Why is a minute divided into 60 seconds, an hour into 60 minutes, yet there are only 24 hours in a day?

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Michael A. Lombardi
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Lombardi, M. (2007), Why is a minute divided into 60 seconds, an hour into 60 minutes, yet there are only 24 hours in a day?, www.sciam.com, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=101348, http://www.sciam.com (Accessed April 20, 2024)

Created March 5, 2007, Updated May 23, 2018