[LEAPSECS] Back to Basics

[Steve Allen]

On Wed 2010-11-03T12:39:30 -0400, Finkleman, Dave hath writ:

> Anything "Universal" by definition must be related to the mean motion of

> the Sun.


This usage dates from the 1884 International Meridian Conference
at which the terms "cosmic" and "universal" were applied, depending
on the translation of the speaker.  It is consistent with the
cultural application of the term "universal" during that era.

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