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Re: Conversion between LDU, inches and millimeters
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lugnet.faq
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Wed, 25 Aug 1999 13:44:20 GMT
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On Wed, 25 Aug 1999 00:19:30 GMT, Timothy Carl Buchheim
<tcb@cs.hmcSPAM.edu> wrote:
> Sproaticus wrote:
> >
> > Robert Munafo wrote:
> > > The inch to millimeter conversion is (by international standard) exactly 25.4
> > > millimeters to an inch. That is also an exact figure (by international
> > > agreement).
> >
> > This surprises me. *Exactly* 25.4 mm / inch? I thought that the conversion
> > rate was kind of one of those irrational numbers (1) that had digits
> > trailing off into infinity or, failing that, Imelda Marcos' shoe closet.
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> The inch was redefined some time ago to make it equal 2.54 centimeters
> exactly.
> It used to be slightly larger, but it was close enough that it didn't
> really make
> any difference when they changed it.
I *thought* I felt taller all of a sudden ...
Steve
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