At 02:43 PM 5/23/04 +0200, J.Falkink-Pol wrote:

> Now I see my ruler has inches divided by 10, 8 and
> 6, so a question raises: why/when which division?

Perhaps it is a word-processing ruler.   There is a linear measure called
the "pica", used exclusively for measuring type.  There are six picas in an
inch, and twelve points in a pica.

-- 
Joy Beeson

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