A dozenal metric system would work as well as the decimal metric system, as long as everything else was base-12:
in base 12
in base 10
1m’m = 10⁻³m = 0.001m
1m’m = 12⁻³m = 1/1728m
1c’m = 10⁻²m = 0.01m
1c’m = 12⁻²m = 1/144m
1m = 1m
1m = 1m
1k’m = 10³m = 1000m
1k’m = 12³m = 1728m
Since we’re at this might as well say the day has 10₁₂k’s = 20736₁₀s. Each k’s is exactly two of our current hours, and each “new second” is roughly two four of our current seconds. Enough of this Sumerian mixed base already!
A dozenal metric system would work as well as the decimal metric system, as long as everything else was base-12:
Since we’re at this might as well say the day has 10₁₂k’s = 20736₁₀s. Each k’s is exactly two of our current hours, and each “new second” is roughly
twofour of our current seconds. Enough of this Sumerian mixed base already!