I take issue with mil meaning one one thousandth of an inch. Most people in my generation commonly refer to things like ink cartridges as "5 mil" meaning 5mL. you will also sometimes see pencil lead called .5 mil for ,5 millimeter
I had this brought up at work the other day as one of my managers is a former machinist. he was talking about making a part down to "6 mil" and everyone else was saying "oh millimeter" . He then had to clarify that he meant thousandths of an inch, and several other machinists and metalworkers said they had never used the inch mil only millimeter. There's hope for us yet :). Mike On 2/13/07, Martin Vlietstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The EU Directive on metrication officially endorses the use of mm Hg for measuring the pressure of "body fluids". I guess that since it is universal across all of Europe (and most of the world) and also since a 1% error would not be significant, that is a good enough reason. The ultimate test of course if two doctors from different countries, both working for "Medicin sans frontiers" use the same units in the same situation, then the case for change is weak. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Trusten, R.Ph." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 1:27 AM Subject: [USMA:37937] Australia's blood pressures measured in kilopascals > I read today that part of Australia's metrication process included recording of > blood pressures in kilopascals instead of millimeters of mercury. Is mm Hg now > only a U.S. measure? What about Canada? India? South Africa? What about other > countries? > > -- > Paul Trusten, R.Ph. > Public Relations Director > U.S. Metric Association, Inc. > Phone (432)528-7724 > www.metric.org > 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122 > Midland TX 79707-2872 USA > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.grandecom.net/~trusten > >
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