I dont like metric but are my calculations right?
Inches 71 3/8 = 1,823.4mm 65 7/8 = 1,673mm
Must get a tape with mm on,bloody french.
Thanks.
I dont like metric but are my calculations right?
Inches 71 3/8 = 1,823.4mm 65 7/8 = 1,673mm
Must get a tape with mm on,bloody french.
Thanks.
71.375 inches = 1812.925mm
65.875 inches = 167.225mm
Source - Microsoft Calculator Plus
Take a look at this:
Nearly.
71 3/8" = 1812.925mm; 65 7/8" = 1673.225mmIn message , John writes
65.875 inches = 1673.225 mmSource: not missing a digit when typing the number I just calculated... :-)
The message from "George" contains these words:
1" is exactly 25.4mm.ergo 71.375" = 1812.925mm. 65.875" = 1673.225mm.
1823.4 mm is about 71.787".Gawd! who's right here? I think John is? as it almost spot on with my calcs.
Sorry,my calcs are wrong just borrowed a tape from next door, it is
813,925mm ;-)
Balls....1,813.925
Time for a rest.
No other software needed, don't even need to change from fractions to decimals - just type "65 7/8 inches in mm" or "65.875 inches in mm" into a Google search box. You get back:
(65 7/8) inches = 1 673.225 millimeters
65.87500 inches = 1 673.225 millimetersOr type "71.375 inches in mm" or "71 3/8 inches in mm" and get:
71.37500 inches = 1 812.925 millimeters(71 3/8) inches = 1 812.925 millimeters
Type into Google
71 3/8 inch to mm Answer: (71 3/8) inch = 1 812.925 millimeters Google can do lots of calculations/conversions
Just throw away all of your ancient imperial measuring items and switch entirely to the use of millimetres. This avoids these silly fractions and conversions which will almost certainly lead to errors.
You can buy metric only tapes quite easily now or even dual ones if you want to continue to be confused
This is the trouble.
They are all wrong.
It is now but wasn't always...
I find that
You jest, of course? Some use centimetres and some mm without stating which. Metres you can usually guess if they're being used without saying. You didn't get that problem with feet and inches.
It's fairly obvious for most purposes whether a dimension is in cm or mm, based on context
True, just having to deal with fractions involving 3,4,12, 16 and so on.
The message from Andy Hall contains these words:
Anyone using cm for dimensions seems to have rather lost the plot as far as SI units are concerned.
The message from "Dave Liquorice" contains these words:
Has been for quite a while though.
"The (international) inch has been exactly 25.4 mm since July 1959. At this point in time the (international) yard was redefined as 0.9144 metre - until this time the ratio between the US yard and the metre was different to the ratio between the UK yard and the metre. For more information, see Engineering Metrology by K J Hume (2 ed) Macdonald London 1967. The American inch changed by 2 millionths of an inch and the UK inch by 1.7 millionths of an inch. The international inch falls mid way between the old UK and US inch."
But gets lees confused.
George - buy a metric tape - Axminsters own label are to die for....
Or don't know the difference in the first place. Personally I use what ever produces "nice" numbers, 18" is easier to remember and measure than
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