
10-15-2007, 06:35 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Crystal Lake,
IL
Cobra Make, Engine: Everett-Morrison, 434 cid
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In the machining trade numeric values less than one are expressed in "thousandths", i.e., .010 is read as "10 thousandths", .100 is read as "100 thousandths" (not 1 tenth), whereas .0001 is read as "1 tenth" ( as in 1/10th of a thousandth).
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