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Cadzao Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
To the last tenthousandth of an inch
Dos Passos wrote:
"Ford owned every detail of the process from the ore in the hills until the car rolled off the end of the assemblyline under its own power, the plants were rationalized to the last tenthousandth of an inch as measured by johansen scale."
Please help me to understand the blue sentence.
Thank you
Cadzao
"Ford owned every detail of the process from the ore in the hills until the car rolled off the end of the assemblyline under its own power, the plants were rationalized to the last tenthousandth of an inch as measured by johansen scale."
Please help me to understand the blue sentence.
Thank you
Cadzao
Top answer
The factories were designed with a great care for every detail, everything non-essential was eliminated/rationalized. No idea what that scale was about.
- The factories were designed with a great care for every detail, everything non-essential was eliminated/rationalized.
- No idea what that scale was about.
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The factories were designed with a great care for every detail, everything non-essential was eliminated/rationalized.
No idea what that scale was about.
No idea what that scale was about.
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"johansen scale" Looks as though Dos Passos made it up to make a point.
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