The use of mil is maybe just an American thing then as I certainly
never came across it in the UK when we were imperial.
Richard
On 25/09/2020 12:56, CLevinski wrote:
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Hi, Richard,
With respect, and just FYI... even 65 years ago, my father
commonly referred to 0.001 inches as a "mil". I was surprised a
few years ago when John Lindo used it in reference to metric
measurements, and I had to ask him exactly what he meant.
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a "mil" as follows:
1:?found a salinity of 38.4
per?mil
2:?a
monetary unit formerly used in Cyprus equal to ?/????
pound
3:?a
unit of length equal to ?/???? inch used especially in
measuring thickness (as of plastic films)
4:?a
unit of angular measurement equal to ?/???? of 360
degrees and used especially in artillery
In order to avoid confusion, its use should probably
be avoided entirely where both metric and Imperial
measurements are used..
--
Regards,
Charlie
New Jersey, USA
?
ANTHONY¡¯S LAW OF THE WORKSHOP: Any tool, when
dropped, will roll into the least accessible corner of
the workshop.
?
THE LINDO COROLLARY:
If you have cats, they will promptly hide the tool.
