Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] It's a definition, was Re: Conversion
Posted by
James Owens
on 2002-06-21 12:19:24 UTC
Hi,
Well we want to stay legal both sides of the Atlantic, and me being educated
in the English public school system from 1959, I'll have to go with 25.4mm
to the inch.
Regards,
Terry
| The metric to inch conversion at 1" = .0254m is a legal and exact
| definition since 1959.
|
| http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/appenB9.html
|
| is the closest I know of to a definitive reference in the US for metric
| conversion factors.
|
| "Factors in boldface are exact," others are rounded.
Well we want to stay legal both sides of the Atlantic, and me being educated
in the English public school system from 1959, I'll have to go with 25.4mm
to the inch.
Regards,
Terry
| The metric to inch conversion at 1" = .0254m is a legal and exact
| definition since 1959.
|
| http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/appenB9.html
|
| is the closest I know of to a definitive reference in the US for metric
| conversion factors.
|
| "Factors in boldface are exact," others are rounded.
Discussion Thread
Randy Gordon-Gilmore
2002-06-21 11:32:30 UTC
It's a definition, was Re: Conversion
mariss92705
2002-06-21 12:09:38 UTC
It's a definition, was Re: Conversion
Randy Gordon-Gilmore
2002-06-21 12:18:44 UTC
Re: It's a definition, was Re: Conversion
James Owens
2002-06-21 12:19:24 UTC
Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] It's a definition, was Re: Conversion