Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks I didn't realize that was an inch to mm conversion, obviously correct, but the millimeters to meters doesn't seem right. When I do the calculation I'm off by a place. Isn't 1166 2/3 mm 1.166 meters rather then 11.66 meters? Chris At 03:31 PM 8/29/2005, you wrote: >At 12:03 PM 8/29/05 -0400, Chris Saganich wrote: > > > >Somewhere I think you mixed up cm and mm? Perhaps circles of confusion > >1/1000 is 0.0025mm or a factor of 400? > >Hmm. I certainly am most capable of error as many others on the LUG will >gladly tell you! > >But the calculator on my computer insists that 25.4 (the number of mm in an >inch) divided by 1000 is 0.0254 which, when inverted, yields a >multiplication factor of roughly 40 (39.37, to be precise). > >1/10 of 25.4 is 2.54. 1/100 is 0.254. 1/1000 is 0.0254. > >Marc > > > >msmall@aya.yale.edu >Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > >NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505 > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Chris Saganich, Sr. Physicist Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 A0049