Harrison was willing to bet there was less than a ten thousandths error-even in the handle, where the curves seemed to be more artistic than mechanical.
"The Sword"
Frank Quattrocchi
But the workman of the general machine shop who has no experience in measuring by thousandths has no idea of the accuracy with which he sets two calipers in his ordinary practice.
"Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II"
Joshua Rose
But that is more self-inductance than we can stand in most radio circuits, so we find it convenient to measure in smaller units called "mil-henries" which are thousandths of a henry.
"Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son"
John Mills