At 00:14 2002-07-12 -0400, kilopascal wrote:
>2002-07-11
>
>There is a possibility that such parts when made in metric factories, in
>metric countries, using standard metric steel sizes, may in fact rationalise
>the 1 inch to 25 mm and the 1.12 inch to 28 mm.  The differences are not
>noticed and even if they were, they can always be excused away as the inch
>sizes are not practical in a metric country, or the old sizes are just trade
>names that have stuck around even though the construction long ago went
>metric.

Exactly my point.  "There is a possibility" doesn't cut it.
I am pretty sure that it's hard Imperial...1" and 1 1/8" sorry to say.

>And it may in fact be the same situation as a floppy disk.  Made to 90 mm
>width, but called a 3.5.


It may be...which is why I am asking for some kind of 
source/proof/documentation.

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