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- From: peter.chadwick@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 10:54:16 +0200
>in accordance with our Imperialist traditions we
>stole the Thury thread off the French Swiss
Could well be - the BA is basically a metric thread - the BS with its
dimensions in imperial was relatively recent, I believe early 1950s - my
1927 Machinery's Handbook (I'm much too mean to buy a newer copy!) has its
dimensions in metric.
Peter Chadwick
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