History and Philosophy of Physics

   

Medidas Terrestres (Terrestrial Measures)

Authors: Carlos Alejandro Chiappini

Aprendemos en la escuela que el metro es una fracción de meridiano terrestre y que la fracción es escogida convencionalmente. ¿ Es verdad que el metro es una medida puramente convencional ? Cuesta creer que la naturaleza no contenga un patrón de tamaño propio a escala macroscópica. No pienso en un objeto natural que tenga el tamaño patrón. Pienso en un patrón deducible de datos referidos a fenómenos naturales, un patrón legítimo, establecido sin introducir convención alguna.Los datos históricos muestran que el metro es herencia de civilizaciones muy antiguas que lo usaban. En algunas construcciones del Egipto antiguo fue hallado un objeto con forma de pirámide denominado Piramidión. La altura del piramidión más antiguo hallado hasta hoy es exactamente un metro, medida con el patrón actual. Otra de sus medidas es 1,57 m , que coincide con la altura multiplicada por pi . Si el metro actual fuese puramente convencional, sería necesaria una casualidad extrema para que nuestro metro y el piramidión coincidan exactamente.Este documento muestra una relación inesperada entre el metro, el sistema decimal, el sistema de las docenas, la velocidad de la luz en el vacío y la duración del día terrestre. Es decir una aritmética del espacio y del tiempo que se conecta con los sistemas heredados de la antigüedad.

We learn in school that the meter is a fraction of the terrestrial meridian and that the fraction is chosen conventionally. Is it true that the meter is a purely conventional measure ? It is hard to believe that nature does not contain a pattern of its own size on a macroscopic scale. I don't think of a natural object that has the standard size. I am thinking of a deductible pattern of data referring to natural phenomena, a legitimate pattern, established without introducing any convention. Historical data shows that the metro is the legacy of very ancient civilizations that used it. In some ancient Egyptian constructions an object with pyramidal shape called a pyramidion. The height of the oldest pyramidion found to date is exactly one meter, measured with the current standard. Another of its measurements is 1.57 m, which is equal to the height multiplied by pi. If today's meter were purely conventional, extreme chance would be necessary for our meter and the pyramidion to coincide exactly. This document shows an unexpected relationship between the meter, the decimal system, the system of dozens, the speed of light in a vacuum and the length of the Earth's day. That is, an arithmetic of space and time that is connected with the systems inherited from antiquity.

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