Re: [VFB] Chuck, denier,

[Henk Verhaar]

On 5-jul-2005, at 19:26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 7/5/2005 12:15:22 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Chuck, "Denier" is a figure of measurement. Such as, " The Denier elk has a larger rack than the Defar one"....;-) Jimi OK, now for the scientific answer. Denier is a derived thickness measure, actually based on weight. So it really is only dead accurate for different diameters of the same material. But anyway, denier is defined as the weight of 9000 meters of a thread. ==========================Heisenberg was right!======================== | Dr. Henk J.M. Verhaar           |                                   | | Environmental Fate and Ecotoxicology Specialist                     | | Fly Tier                        | web:    www.xs4all.nl/~flyrod     | | Stichts End 17                  | e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | NL-1244 PK Ankeveen             | phone:  +31 35 656 2128           | | the Netherlands                 | ICQ:    15727113                  |  ==========================Uncertainty happens!=========================