In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
SEXAGESIMAL
sexagesimal
(adjective) of or relating to or reckoning in sixtieths; “the sexagesimal divisions of hours and degrees”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sexagesimal (not comparable)
(arithmetic) Of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or based on the number sixty.
Noun
sexagesimal (plural sexagesimals)
A sexagesimal fraction.
Source: Wiktionary
Sex`a*ges"i*mal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. sexagésimal.]
Definition: Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty. Sexagesimal fractions or numbers (Arith. & Alg.), those fractions whose denominators are some power of sixty; as, astronomical fractions, because formerly there were no others used in astronomical calculations.
– Sexagesimal, or Sexagenary, arithmetic, the method of computing by the sexagenary scale, or by sixties.
– Sexagesimal scale (Math.), the sexagenary scale.
Sex`a*ges"i*mal, n.
Definition: A sexagesimal fraction.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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