Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Arcs anyone?

At 08:30 20/08/2005, you wrote:

> From time to time I come across references to something called arc
> minutes and
>arc seconds. Are these ever used in machining, or CNC? What are they,
>anyway?
>
>Bill
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An arc minute is a sixtieth of a degree. As usual, Google is your friend -
the first search result on "arc minute" gives this definition:

<http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0010255.html>arc
<http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0010255.html>minute
arc minute. Unit for measuring small angles, used in geometry, ... An arc
minute
is one-sixtieth of a degree and is divided into 60 arc seconds (symbol "). ...


Regards,
Tony


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