My guess is that it does apply to hand tools, as the difference is
trivial. When you multiply inches by enough (63360 in one mile), then
the difference is probably enough to be a problem, and so US surveying
has a problem. I don’t know how they handled that in England.
Pedantic? I?
On 17/03/12 2:14 PM, James Knott wrote:
man_without_clue wrote:
On 03/17/2012 11:30 AM, Mark Simon wrote:
FYI, 1 inch is exactly 2.54 cm. The inch was redefined in 1959 as
derived from the metric system.
Just being pedantic :]
Oh, I didn't know that!
Does that apply to machine hand tools also?
Yes, he pedantic about them too. ;-)
Actually, that definition of the inch applies to everything but U.S.
surveying and that exception only because so many of the surveys were
done prior to 1959.
Okay, all nice to know... but that doesn't help me in the slightest...
I found out the problem occurs only in a very specific case:
1) set measurements to point (Tools > Options... > LibreOffice Writer >
General > Measurement unit)
2) modify a new or existing style ("edit paragraph style"), it *doesn't*
happen when using "paragraph style for this selection"
3) go to 'Indents & spacing' tab
4) enter any number larger than 113.4pt in the 'above paragraph' or
'below paragraph' fields (strangely, only these field exhibit the
behaviour...)
5) watch as it always converts to 113.4pt...
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