In my life-time career as a Toolmaker/Mfg Eng., a millionth or a mil was a thousandth (.001) divided by 10 or:
.001/10 = .0001 (what we called a mil or a tenth) I worked with those so called mils and sometimes even splitting them! I'm not clear what is meant by the term "50 mils". 73 Dwight NS9I On 1/3/2012 8:59 AM, darren McDonald wrote: > In th UK, once the home of imperial hi, 0.001 of an inch is refered to as a > thou (pronounced thowe) meaning thousanth of an inch > The 50 mil had me scratching my head? (5cm) > Regards Darren g0ott > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
