Random pic 8 November 2024
Clock with double decimal and duodecimal graduation and decimal chime, by Pierre-Basile Lepaute, 1795; Inv. 14568, Musée des arts et métiers, Paris https://flic.kr/p/2qkBoquDecimal time; the short lived, unpopular decimal time, introduced after the French revolution:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_time
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