All the more so that "millimeter" can be abbreviated only one way, and
that's "mm". Moreover, "millimeter" is spelled with two "l".
You see, the Metric system was designed in the 18th century by the same
chaps that inspired the American constitution: the Encyclopaedists.These
guys had a good sense of organization, and they made the entire system
confusion-proof and absolutely consistent. Think of that: they wanted the
absolute reference from which all other measures are derived (the meter)
to come from something also absolute. They thought Planet Earth would be
good enough as a reference. So, they started by measuring... the Earth's
circumference (meridien) (an ambitious feat at that time!), and they
divided it to get a practical, "yard-size" measure. So, at that time, the
meter was "the ten-millionth part of the quarter of the Earth's meridian".
The amazing thing is their measurement of the Earth came right by a
handful of miles.
These guys were so obsessed with invention and precision, they would have
deserved to become KR builders!
Serge Vidal
KR2 "Kilimanjaro Cloud"
Paris, France
Frank Ross <alamo...@yahoo.com>
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13/01/2006 22:37
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Objet : KR> "Mil" as in MILIMETERS
Outside the US the English-speaking world uses the
term "mil" for milimeters, as in nine milimeter,
whereas we in the US, and maybe Canada, think it means
a measurement in inches.
Who says we speak the same language?
Gotta remember guys and gals, people ALL OVER THE
WORLD read this and send posts to it.
Frank Ross
in East Anglia (a place in England where there are a
LOT of WWII airbases)
--- Steve Bray <rsb...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I would like to watch you weld that.
> Sorry Chris, couldn't pass that up. You've got to be
> real careful, these
> guys are airplane builders and they don't miss much
> and let even less slide.
>
> Steve Bray
> Jackson, Tennessee
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Ron Freiberger" <ronandmar...@earthlink.net>
> >Reply-To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net>
> >To: "'KRnet'" <kr...@mylist.net>
> >Subject: RE: KR> Spars
> >Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:40:24 -0500
> >
> >Chris said;
> > Tending to think that a welded 2-3 mil
> alumimium tank might be the
> >most crash resistant/puncture proof thing
> available, around about 70
> >litres/ 15 gallon capacity, any comments?
> >
> > Yes; Aluminum foil is 2-3 mils. I don't think
> that would pass
> >inspection.
> >
> >Ron Freiberger
> >mail to ronandmar...@earthlink.net
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