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In the case of degrees of angular arc, the degree symbol follows the number without any intervening space, e.g. 30°.The addition of minute and second of arc follows the degree units, with intervening spaces (optionally, non-breaking space) between the sexagesimal degree subdivisions but no spaces between the numbers and units, for example 30° 12 ′ 5″.
A degree (in full, a degree of arc, arc degree, or arcdegree), usually denoted by ° (the degree symbol), is a measurement of a plane angle in which one full rotation is 360 degrees.
Upside-down marks, simple in the era of hand typesetting, were originally recommended by the Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy), in the second edition of the Ortografía de la lengua castellana (Orthography of the Castilian language) in 1754 [3] recommending it as the symbol indicating the beginning of a question in written Spanish—e.g. "¿Cuántos años tienes?"
Español: Escudo de Grado, en Asturias (España): Un pino, con cuatro lanzas con hierros de plata puestas en situación de barra, alrededor del tronco una serpiente con la cabeza al lado diestro y al lado siniestro posado sobre una rama un cuervo de sable.
Español: Escudo de El Grado-Huesca. Escudo de azur, en el que se sitúa un lienzo amurallado de oro con una puerta central y dos torreones a cada uno de los lados, todos cuatro superados de una corona de oro. Al pie del lienzo o muralla, cinco “gradas” o escalones de plata, que son la cifra o símbolo de la villa.
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Graphically, the exclamation mark is represented by variations on the theme of a period with a vertical line above. One theory of its origin posits derivation from a Latin exclamation of joy, namely io, analogous to "hooray"; copyists wrote the Latin word io at the end of a sentence, to indicate expression of joy.
Alonso de Grado was a Spanish hidalgo, explorer, and conqueror of the 16th century, who participated with Hernan Cortés in the conquest of the Aztec Empire. He was born in Alcántara (Cáceres, Spain) around 1490. He was described as: "Of short and sturdy complexion. Broad. Thick skin. Clear mind and little doctrine.