The Latin word for an hour is hora. An hour made smaller is an hora minuta, from minuere (to lessen). An hour made smaller for a second time is an hora minuta secunda. From this, English has hours, minutes and seconds.
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"Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its students.
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~ Hector Berlioz, composer
On This Day
1455 The Wars of the Roses began with Richard of York's decisive victory over the Lancastrian forces at the First Battle of St Albans.
1906 Two American brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright, were granted a US Patent for their 'Flying Machine'.
1915 227 people were killed in Britain's worst rail disaster at Quintinshill, Gretna Green, in Scotland.
1939 Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini signed a military alliance between known as the 'Pact of Steel'.