On Tue, 19 Nov 1996, Pat Williams <pwilliams@sosu.edu> wrote:
> I am relatively new to this list and have a question they you may have
> already discussed so my apologies if this is redundant.
>
> I need to make some room in my fiche cabinets and am going to withdraw
> old phone fiche (approx. 3 drawers worth).  Is there a formula simular
> to books whereby I can calculate approximately how many fiche are in
> a drawer rather than by individually counting?  I would appreciate any
> help (or at least my poor student workers will).  Thanks for your help.
> You can e-mail me directly and if others want to know I'll be glad to
> post.

Pat: I have not the formula, but may be I'll take a sample. For
instance, I'll measure how many fiches are there in ten inches, or
I'll count 50 fiches and then I'll measure them, and then I'll multiply
for the rest.

Best regards.
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