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Why arent there just 60 milliseconds in a second?

I know how and why minutes, hours and degrees are derived from the number 60, but why are seconds divided by 10ths, 100ths, 1000ths etc rather than 60ths like minutes and hours?
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  • Asked by wardo221
  • on 2009-08-11 03:23:17
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