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| Subject: | RE: LF: Spelling of units |
| From: | "john sexton" <[email protected]> |
| Date: | Mon, 25 Feb 2002 05:54:39 -0500 (EST) |
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Hi Dick,
Since most replies to your query were somewhat inaccurate, I thought I would set the record straight. See: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/checklist.html 73, John, G4CNN --- On Sun 02/24, Dick Rollema > Dear OM, > > The following matter has nothing to do with LF but as former editor and > corrector of VERON magazine Electron I nevertheless take the liberty to > beg > your opinion on it. > > In our country units that are derived from the names of scientists are > written with a lower case letter; for instance volt, ampère, watt, etc.; > not Volt, Ampère, Watt. When abbreviated we use a capital letter, so V, A, > > W etc. We also write "5 ohm, not 5 Ohms" (no plural). And we > insert a > space between the number and the unit: "3 V and not 3V". > > I wonder what the rules are in other countries, inside [including the > UK :-)] and outside Europe because I see a lot of variations in spelling > > of units on the reflector. > > 73, Dick, PA0SE |
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