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In terms of doing it on paper, it is impossible to trisect (or quintisect) angles with a conventional compass and straight edge. And 180 = 22335 * 2 * 3 * 3 * 5. Of course you could be an anti-Babylonian rebel and create your own angle measurements on a power of 2.

However, you can use a quadratitrix compass (essentially a moving plane device) for trisection (and quintisection) of angles, to satisfy the conventional degree measurement. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadratrix_of_Hippias for a very short discussion.

P.s. Somewhat tangential, but of interest...see this video on origins of metrology for practical machining. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNRnrn5DE58

In terms of doing it on paper, it is impossible to trisect (or quintisect) angles with a conventional compass and straight edge. And 180 = 22335. Of course you could be an anti-Babylonian rebel and create your own angle measurements on a power of 2.

However, you can use a quadratitrix compass (essentially a moving plane device) for trisection (and quintisection) of angles, to satisfy the conventional degree measurement. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadratrix_of_Hippias for a very short discussion.

P.s. Somewhat tangential, but of interest...see this video on origins of metrology for practical machining. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNRnrn5DE58

In terms of doing it on paper, it is impossible to trisect (or quintisect) angles with a conventional compass and straight edge. And 180 = 2 * 2 * 3 * 3 * 5. Of course you could be an anti-Babylonian rebel and create your own angle measurements on a power of 2.

However, you can use a quadratitrix compass (essentially a moving plane device) for trisection (and quintisection) of angles, to satisfy the conventional degree measurement. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadratrix_of_Hippias for a very short discussion.

P.s. Somewhat tangential, but of interest...see this video on origins of metrology for practical machining. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNRnrn5DE58

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In terms of doing it on paper, it is impossible to trisect (or quintisect) angles with a conventional compass and straight edge. And 180 = 22335. Of course you could be an anti-Babylonian rebel and create your own angle measurements on a power of 2.

However, you can use a quadratitrix compass (essentially a moving plane device) for trisection (and quintisection) of angles, to satisfy the conventional degree measurement. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadratrix_of_Hippias for a very short discussion.

P.s. Somewhat tangential, but of interest...see this video on origins of metrology for practical machining. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNRnrn5DE58