http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictM.html gives 4 definitions of mil
-----Original Message----- From: Bruce Barrow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 18 June, 2002 08:49 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:20482] Re: The gon; Canadian metric hybrids Terry, My Webster bears you out on the definition of the mil. But where in the world did 1/6400 come from? Like Joe Reid I had thought that the artilleryman's mil was the milliradian. That would be the angle subtended by 1 meter at a distance of 1 kilometer -- easily understood and very practical. Bruce Barrow ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 2:42 PM Subject: [USMA:20454] Re: The gon; Canadian metric hybrids > > Of Joseph B. Reid > > I should have written "The US artillery uses the milliradian for > > correcting > > their fire". > > Not quite. All Nato forces use a unit called the 'mil' for fire > correction. There are 6400 mils in a circle. > > -- > Terry Simpson > Human Factors Consultant > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.connected-systems.com > Phone: +44 7850 511794 > >
