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60. the whole scheme of arc measurment, which dates to the Babylonians" time is based on Base 60 sixty seconds to a minute, 60 minutes to a degree. an arc minute is a division of an angle. six minutes of arc-the allowable margin of error on the PYRAMIDS IS one tenth of one degree! This is something easily visualized with a clock or watch dial or compass. meters are distances, not angles.

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