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- From: "Marcus J. Ranum AXP" <mjr@decuac.dec.com>
- Subject: query: origin of artillery measurement units -
- Message-ID: <By0tKA.8xt@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Sender: military@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Sci.Military Login)
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Washington ULTRIX Resource Center
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 15:26:34 GMT
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- From "Marcus J. Ranum AXP" <mjr@decuac.dec.com>
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- Can anyone point me towards sources describing the origin of the
- use of "mils" and the measurement systems used by artillery? It all seems
- to be quite standard worldwide (at least from a glance at Janes) - where
- did it come from?
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- mjr.
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