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  • Im not sure who coined the term, But a good reason it hasn't changed is that it has become a SI Unit, and has been a standard for Navigation and time telling for a very long time. Why change from something that is more accurate than any alternatives? If It aint broke, dont fix it. http://www.arcytech.org/java/clock/clock_history.html Touches on the history, a Search for terms "History Time, Seconds" etc might reveal more results.

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