MEAS150 - Introduction to Angular Measurement

This course is a short survey of angular measurement. It describes what an angle is, and some of the different angular measures. It also contains a short survey of some of the instrumentation used in angle measurement. This course will serve as a prerequisite for future courses on angle measurement.

• Introduction
• What is an angle?
• Why Measure Angle?
• Angular Measure
  • The Radian
  • The Degree
  • Turns/Revolutions
  • The Grad
  • Angular Mils
• Conversions among angular measures
• Basic Instrumentation
  • Protractors
  • Gears and Shafts
  • Rotary Encoders
  • Plane Mirrors
  • Calibrated Polygons
  • Rotary Tables
  • Levels
  • Inclinometer
  • Theodolites
  • Angle Blocks
• Summary

This course has no prerequisites, but assumes rudimentary knowledge of algebra.

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