Re: your mail

[fhf <maay100@bgumail.bgu.ac.il>]

In the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, one inch is exactly the 
same as 2.54 cm. Using higher mathematics and a pocket calculator, 
one gets one foot = 30.48 cm.

But while speaking of space measurements, was not a yard defined as the 
distance between Henry VIII's nose and the tip of his outstretched 3rd 
finger? One more reason why the US should consider going metric.

			Mike Quastel, Beer Sheva

On Thu, 14 May 1998, Donald T. Flahardy wrote:

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> Hello fellow radsafers:
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> Can anyone provide a reference where the NRC clearly stated that 12 inches
> is equivalent to 30 cm?  This is in regard to 10CFR20 definitions for
> Radiation and High Radiation Area measurements.  I did see in Q&A #52 where
> 30 cm was given with 12 inches in parenthesis,  but I was looking for
> something more clear and concrete. I realize I am concerning myself with
> two tenths of a cm, but you know how important these nuances can be.
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> Don Flahardy
> Seabrook Station
> Flahadt@Naesco.com
> 603 773-7312
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