On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Bertho Stultiens <ber...@vagrearg.org>wrote:
> On 10/31/2013 04:03 PM, dave wrote:<...> > > In addition the mil is also used as an angular measurement in artillery. > > Close to but not identical to a minute of angle. > > I learned 'mil' as a unit of length measure from my father but the machinist who took me under his wing when I was in graduate school tried to train me to say 'thou' (short for 'thousandth of an inch') both because of this conflict and because of the propensity for some to think they heard 'millimeter.' Editors in publishing houses usually didn't allow the word in engineering texts because 'thou' means 'you' to them. > And you are seriously considering that your next canon is going to use > G-code in the firing sequence??? :-) > > Well, at least this usage would be canon-ical. Regards, Kent PS - By international agreement the inch has been exactly 25.4 mm for more than 50 years. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Android is increasing in popularity, but the open development platform that developers love is also attractive to malware creators. Download this white paper to learn more about secure code signing practices that can help keep Android apps secure. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=65839951&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
