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What is an Hour ?
Source: en.wikipedia.org
" An hour (symbol: h also abbreviated hr) is a unit of time conventionally reckoned as 1⁄24 of a day and
scientifically reckoned as 3,599–3,601 seconds, depending on conditions. There are 60 minutes in an hour,
and 24 hours in a day.
The hour was initially established in the ancient Near East as a variable measure of 1⁄12 of the night or
daytime. Such seasonal, temporal, or unequal hours varied by season and latitude. (...) "