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mil - was Shade cloth percentage

From: Iza & Carol Goroff goroff at idcnet.com> on 2002.05.22 at 19:40:03(8851)
A mil is 1/1000 of an inch according to the American Heritage Dictionary.
Iza Goroff
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Whitewater Wisconsin USA zone 4b
"Cooper, Susan L." wrote:
> That is what I thought intuitively. I got my definition from the web (just
> goes to show you everything you read isn't correct). But if mil is
> millimeter, wouldn't 7 or 8 mil be really thick plastic??? (Just looking at
> my ruler)
>
> Susan
>
> A 'mil' would be a millimeter , one thousandth of a meter . A 'thou' is a
> thousandth of an inch , a big difference .
>
> Michael Pascall,
> WHYANBEEL ARBORETUM,F.N.Q,AUSTRALIA

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