Dear Marcus, As I have pointed out elsewhere, for historical reasons, a grade is already a centiquadrant. Does this mean that a centigrade should be referred to as a centicentiquad?
tee hee! Cheers, Pat Naughtin CAMS Geelong, Australia on 2002/07/23 04.34, Ma Be at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks, Pat, for your opportune remarks. Just a slight comment below. > > On Sat, 20 Jul 2002 16:35:36 > Pat Naughtin wrote: > ... >> Accuracy is usually a simple matter of choosing an appropriate prefix. If we >> used quads - for example - an angle of one milliquad (1 mq) would subtend a >> distance of 10 kilometres on the surface of the Earth; and an angle of one >> microquad (1 5q) would subtend a distance of 10 metres. >> > True. And with the grade a centigrade would mean 1 km, a very convenient > association for amateur navigators drafting their navigational plans. > ... >>> Pat's proposal though is not calling for 4000 grads in a circle, but rather >>> 4000 milliquads! >> >> More specifically, and more simply, it calls for 1000 milliquads in a quad. >> > Sure. > > Marcus > > > Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably > Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. > Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com > > ------ End of Forwarded Message
