On the shopfloor, the inch rules. (Speaking Out).(analysis of metric system use )

From: Tooling & Production | Date: August 1, 2001| Author: Clark, Richard | Copyright information

For years, we've been taught that the metric system is the perfect base-l00 system, that it will surely become the world standard for measurement. It may sound great in a math classroom, but on the shopfloor metric does not "add up" to the inch scale.

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