06-16-2002, 06:58 PM
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here and there
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Western NY
Posts: 3,601
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Quote:
Originally posted by Bilbo
dice 45
with the 1 mil, it is 1/1000 of a metre not an inch, unless your talking fluid, which it is then 1/1000 of a litre
but your right with the 1 micron
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Bilbo,
actually in the US 1 mil = .001 inches
we also use millimeter for 1/1000 of a meter (notice that even the spelling of that unit of measure varies) as most other places... but in the States, when you say "one mil" you get "1/1000th of an inch".
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