Help - ?John Widgery - Woodside Electronics?
On 18/04/17 12:10, Andy Walker wrote:
On 18/04/17 11:11, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
*Why is the third hand on the watch called a second hand?
Because the other claimant is so minute?
from Wikipedia
"The second ... is qualitatively defined as the _second_ division of the
hour by sixty, the first division by sixty being the minute"
A watch has three hands, as it has two dials superimposed together. If
the hour display was moved to another face, then the remaining hands
would have their proper placings...
I'll get my coat.
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Adrian C
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