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Author Question: Which physical state has volume but no specific shape? (Read 39 times) |
There used to be a metric calendar, as well as metric clocks. The metric calendar, or "French Republican Calendar" divided the year into 12 months, but each month was divided into three 10-day weeks. Each day had 10 decimal hours. Each hour had 100 decimal minutes. Due to lack of popularity, the metric clocks and calendars were ended in 1795, three years after they had been first marketed.
The horizontal fraction bar was introduced by the Arabs.
The ratio of hydrogen atoms to oxygen in water (H2O) is 2:1.
The modern decimal position system was the invention of the Hindus (around 800 AD), involving the placing of numerals to indicate their value (units, tens, hundreds, and so on).
Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.