Metric inches are quite practical, given the current state of US conversion.
Defining the inch as 25.0 mm, it simply becomes a grouping of 25 mm, or a
quarter of a base 100 mm module. (much like 25 cents is a quarter of the
base 100 cent module, the dollar).

I was talking with a supplier the other day who was hard ifp.  I was viewing
his inches as 25 mm modules, he was viewing them as self-contained
measurement units independent of anything else.

We both were happy.

Nat

PS Teach this in grade school and you Balkanize ifp within 10 years.

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
kilopascal
Sent: Wednesday, 2002 November 27 10:21
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:23615] metric inch


2002-11-27

Check this out:

http://slashdot.org/articles/99/09/30/1437217.shtml

Look for the metric inch.

John

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