To: Phil Ethier <pethier@isd.net>
>>Then again, the British didn't pay much attention to it back then, either,
>judging by the fact that all the fasteners on my Triumph are measured in
>inches.
>Except for the Whitworth ones. ;-)
And tell me again that Whitworth fasteners are not measured in inches.
Wanna see my copy of Machinery's Handbook?
British Standard and Whitworth were not generated in the Metric system, they
were generated in the inch system.
Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L
LOON, MAC pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/
"It makes a nice noise when it goes faster"
- 4-year-old Adam, upon seeing a bitmap of Grandma Susie's TR4.
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