imagine that difference over a 25 mile road project where you are building
84 bridges...
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 8:46 AM, tjwal <johnwa@telusplanet.net> wrote:
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>
> I took a look in my 1949 Machinist handbook to see what conversion factor
> was used back then. I was absolutely amazed to find that in 1949 the
> American inch was slightly more than 25.4 mm while the English inch was
> slightly less. No wonder nothing fits. LOL.
>
> JohnW
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