Learning Astronomy Historically the year was determine by measuring the time the earth takes to go around the earth.
The month is the average time the moon takes to revolve around the earth.
The week is a quarter of the month or quarter moon phases.
The day was determine by measuring the time the earth takes to make one revolution.
Is there an event being measure by the hour, the minute or the second.
Or are these measurements simply decided by dividing the day into two dozen (12) periods, 12 hours of PM and 12 hours of AM. Dozen (12) number having some historical significance.

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answer: the time zones used to be whatever the local authority wanted them to be. one town might have 6am whenever the sun came up and another town had 6am 10 minutes later.  

the trains had a hard time when their orders said to be at a certain point at 6am.  

6am, but who's 6am.  

the railroads got together and set the time zones more or less along the longitude lines across the country.

explanation:

more than 65,000 union soldiers had been killed that summer.

more than 65,000 union soldiers had been killed that summer.

more than 65, is the correct