On Sat, 6 Oct 2001, Bill Thayer wrote: > Can someone tell me, please, what the G stands for? > > G = Gradus = Latin for "degree"; whence the name of the failed metric unit.
Andm as I recall, Gradus was followed by Minute and and Second Minute, (reading those as "minoot", I suppose). I'll have to defer to Bill for proper Latin spelling! Dave
