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New Geometry for Germany

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

F. B. Pidduck ,
E. Borel  and
D. H. Sadler
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The circle will in future have 400 degrees in Germany, instead of 360, as at present, and the right angle 100, instead of 90. This is ordered in a new decree of the German Minister of the Interior.

Degrees will continue to be divided into minutes and seconds, but these will also be arranged on the decimal principle.

Several years will be allowed to elapse before the new geometry is made obligatory, especially for use at sea, but it will be taught in the schools next year.—Daily Telegraph and Morning Post, Nov 1, 1937.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 22 , Issue 248 , February 1938 , pp. 73 - 76
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1938

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References

* Edition of 1872, page 362 et seq. Edition of 1915, Vol. II, page 169 et seq.