I think that is etymology Ken
Barry
--- ken watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ..Sorry to respond so late , but I was in Asia for a
> bit.
>
> The responses to my description about mil being from
> the military have been
> something like, "I know the military and they need
> much better than mil
> tolerances". I agree to most of what is being said
> but please remember that
> before the first war, ( Crimean or W.W.I?) there
> were very few machines and
> generally everything was hand fit of had tolerances
> like +- 1/32 or so.
> When mass production started to become the rage and
> military , once again a
> great consumer of machined parts, need reliable,
> mass produced equipment it
> was the TOLERANCES of .001 that gave it the moniker
> of "MIL". Today when one
> talks of tenth's it is a tenth of a mil so be
> careful talking to machinist.
> All technical groups have their own lingo. What is
> the name for the
> specialty that determines the root derivation or
> words?, perhaps those guys
> can be the definitive judge on this.
>
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