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This chapter provides explanatory notes on Barsoomian units of time, defining a tal as approximately one Earth second and a zode as about two and one-half Earth hours.
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This chapter provides explanatory notes on Barsoomian units of time, defining a tal as approximately one Earth second and a zode as about two and one-half Earth hours.
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“A tal is about one second, and a zode approximately two and one-half hours, Earth time.”
A tal equals roughly one Earth second, while a zode is about two and a half Earth hours.
Conversion of Barsoomian time units to Earth equivalents.
