This is a correction to my USMA 8775:
>This posting is not intended to dispute Dennis's arguments. He demonstrates
>that only a planned and coordinated conversion program can be successful. I
>only want to comment on a misconception that exists on the American
>measuring tapes that I have seen.
American style:
2 m
. 60 70 80 90 *500* 10 20
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European style:
246 247 248 249 *250* 251 252 253
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>I think that the European style of centimetre numbers at every centimetre
>is easier to read and much less subject to error in reading than the
>American style of millimetre numbers at each centimetre. Beyond 1 m the
>American tape is especialy harder to read. The metre numbers are given in
>small red characters every decimetre along with the 100 millimetre numbers.
>So, in reading an American tape one has to refer to the preceding
>decimetre to pick up the insignificant red metre number and the bold 100
>millmetre number, and merge these two numbers with the millimetre number at
>the preceding centimetre.
