How to Measure Latitude
Latitude broken into degrees, minutes and seconds, continuing the base-60 pattern into 'thirds' and 'fourths.'
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2021-01-01-how-to-measure-latitude/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
[Title] "How to Measure Latitude" 40° 44′ 54″ 14‴ 24⁗
degrees (about 70 miles each) · minutes (about 1.1 miles each) · seconds (about 90 feet each) · thirds (about 1.5 feet each) · fourths (about 1/3 inch each) ← "not really a thing but totally should be"