Stephen Davis wrote in USMA 18156 >Yes, I completely misunderstood the meaning of 'binary fractions', Joe!! > >Perhaps I am going to further compound my ignorance with this next >statement but, why does Marcus feel they would want a conversion to binary >fractions?? > >I for one am nonplussed by the need for anything but the decimal >equivalent of the metric amount, e:g, 2.54cm = 1 inch or 6.35cm =3.5 >inches!! > >Marcus also referred to measuring tape!! I would have thought if this >were to be graduated in fractions, they would be the ordinary ones, not >binary fractions!! > >Regards, > >Steve.
To the best of my knowledge, it is impossible in Canada or the USA to buy a measuring tape graduated in decimal fractions of an inch. In the 1940s that was also the case in the UK. Joseph B.Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 TEL. 416-486-6071
