This is exactly why the US Navy still uses yards for all their ranging measurements (at least the last I heard). They don't like it when shells come down where they aren't expected and torpedoes come back to sink the sub that launched it.
That state of metric conversion in the US
Feb 16, 2013
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Rick
sockets also come in 3/4" and 1" for larger problems. I don't think metric sockets exist, although I did see some odd-ball sockets with a hex drive, could have been 15mm or 1/2" - I didn't investigate closely.
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Has to do with how we generally describe the speed of light, and with radio frequency wavelength.
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Vacuum tube socket layouts are now given in metric these days, but the old US values are always on a fraction-of-an-inch figure, and often included with the metric figure.
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And, it's no longer inch worm but 2.54 centimeter worm?
Depends on the vehicle. IIRC a 9/16" socket wrench was needed to swap some sort of stepper motor in a GMC Envoy. Wasn't very old, maybe 6-7 years.
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And Scotland Yard is now Scotland Meter :-)
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You gonna go out in your back meter and play now, child?
No, Scotland .9144 Meter. Give the French 2.54cm and they'll take
1.60934440m.
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I have 100mm, 200mm, and 300mm Crescent wrenches. Actually, they're both metric and English. If you're fastening metric bolts it's 200mm wrench. If you're fastening imperial bolts you flip it over and it's
8". ;-)Woodworking tools are showing up both ways, now. In fact I'm finding it easier to buy metric than imperial drill bits. One of my circular saws is all metric. If I didn't have a huge investment in imperial measurement and cutting tools, I'd probably switch.
Nah, the French have their own size system. Apres tout, la France est le centre de l'univers:
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Nope, it's the diameter in millimeters multiplied by three. Has nothing to do with Pi.
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Ha. You achieved humor. Amazing.
When's the last time you bought something made in america? Stuff is already metric.
The only non-metric tool I still use consistently is a 7/16" wrench for TV cable end-connectors. I guess I could also use an 11 mm metric wrench which is about the same size. So I'm not even sure if those connector specs are metric or not.
BNC, N, SMA, are all UNF threads with US sizes across flats.
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over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled."
(Richard Feynman)
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Don't forget tires and wheels - inch diameter the world over. Metric section height and width for radials, but still inch diameter.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence
over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled."
(Richard Feynman)
Isn't milk still sold in quarts and gallons? What about gasoline?
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