Why Are There 60 Minutes In An Hour?

Published June 26, 2009 Uncategorized Leave a Comment
Tags: clock, how-to, math, mathematics, science, Sumerian, time

Interesting article which explains why we have 24 hours in a day, sixty miutes in an hour and 60 seconds in a minute. It is due to ancient counting systems and the human hand. The ancient Sumerians counted to 12 on each hand. Find out how HERE.

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