4 MARCH 1938, Page 20
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sw,—There appear to be
one or two misprints in the article on p. 303 of your last issue.
In the third paragraph a reaction period is given as 140/000 second. Does this mean 14o thousandths? If so, in an article for general reading, should it not be written 140/1000, or in full, or better, " fourteen hundredths of a second " ?
Secondly, is there an accidental reversal of these figures, as 140 is less than 180 ? L. BAINBRIDGE BELL.
The. Red House, Bawdsey, Woodbridge, Suffolk.
[The author of the article in question, to whom this letter has been referred, writes that he agrees with the corrections and regrets the need for them.—En. The Spectator.]