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Re: Superman, was: Chicago P.D. TV series--computer usage [message #392564 is a reply to message #392548] Sun, 29 March 2020 23:23 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in
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> On Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at 7:33:39 AM UTC-7, Thomas Koenig wrote:
>
>> There is the "gon" (400 degrees to the circle).
>
> I had never heard of the "gon", but I had heard of that unit being
> called the "grad". In fact, I think I even saw one pocket calculator
> that allowed you to switch the trig functions from degrees to radians
> or grads.
>
> John Savard

I have a TI-30 calculator from 1977 IIRC that has a DRG key (still works,
too.)
I also have a much newer (ca. 2000)Canon calculator with a DRG key.
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