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Anyone Know What This Specifies?

frankwil

I know the 65 degrees refers to the angle, but is the 45' a further incrementation of a degree, and if so, how is it calculated? What would the decimal value be?

This is from an architectural drawing from the 1930's.

Thanks in advance.

 
May 16, 15 1:38 pm
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"is the 45' a further incrementation of a degree...?"

Yes. It indicates arcminutes. One arcminute is 1/60 of one degree.

May 16, 15 1:54 pm  · 
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JeromeS

Called minutes, often accompanied by even smaller declination; seconds

If you use autocad, you can enter angles as follows:  45d37'12"

May 16, 15 9:41 pm  · 
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awaiting_deletion

which makes Bucky Fuller a genius....roaming library stacks i couldn't believe 1/60 was rational but it goes back to the Sumarians, and if you are into Ancient Aliens, basically Aliens...why 1/60 and why does PI even exist....

http://www.rwgrayprojects.com/synergetics/synergetics.html

May 16, 15 10:17 pm  · 
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boy in a well

pi is just math's way of saying round.

May 17, 15 2:27 pm  · 
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awaiting_deletion

round and round and round and round and round.....
 

May 17, 15 3:04 pm  · 
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