And there was I thinking you had a rare book written nine years before the
Battle of Hastings.   =[ :o)>

By the way, I find "millionth micron" somewhat amusing. The writer
apparently wanted to avoid the repetitive "micromicron."

Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
>Behalf Of Joseph B. Reid
>Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 17:27
>To: U.S. Metric Association
>Subject: [USMA:23970] Re: Shoe sizes
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>
>On examining my USMA 23965 I find that I wrote
>>
>>On again examining my 1057 Hanbook of Chemistry and Physics I found
>>micron (�), millimicron (m�), and millionth micron (��).
>>--
>I should have written "my 1937 Handbook.....".
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>Joseph B. Reid
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