# Endnotes explained — The Master Mind of Mars

> Chapter companion for The Master Mind of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

## What happens

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.

## Key lines

> 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._

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