How thick is a mil.?

[Rcmaster199 at aol.com]

Not if its written on a check. A $mil in pennies, that's a different matter 


> Subj:Re: How thick is a mil.? 
> Date:4/23/2004 5:33:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
> From:phoran at vvm.com
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> Unless it is one million dollars - that is pretty thick
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> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: JOddino 
>> To: discussion at nsrca.org 
>> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 3:27 PM
>> Subject: Re: How thick is a mil.?
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>> Depends on who you are talking to.  An artillery gunner would say a mil is 
>> a thousandth of a radian.  I think at one time a tenth of a penny or a 
>> thousandth of a dollar was also called a mil.  So the real answer is "a 
>> thousandth of something".  
>> Jim  
>> 
>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: mike mueller 
>>> To: discussion at nsrca.org 
>>> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 1:14 PM
>>> Subject: Re: How thick is a mil.?
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>>>  Now that I know I can't believe I didn't know. Mike
>>> 
>>> edbon85 at optonline.net wrote: 
>>> >>>> Half the thickness of 2 mil, couldn't resist : )
>>>> 1 mil is .001 inch, one thousand on an inch.
>>>> Ed M.
>>>> 
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: mike mueller 
>>>> Date: Friday, April 23, 2004 11:13 am
>>>> Subject: How thick is a mil.?
>>>> 
>>>> > Ok I took out the metric converter and I think I have the math right.
>>>> > Could one of you smart dudes check this?
>>>> > A micron is 1000th of a millimeter, correct?
>>>> > A millimeter is about .039+", Correct?
>>>> > 25 microns is about .001, correct?
>>>> > Then what's a mil.? And how thick is a mil?
>>>> > I need to order 1 mil. vinyl and i'd like to know.
>>>> > TIA, Mike
>>>> > 
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