If this continues and he persists, inform him that the American
Meteorological Society uses km/h for wind speed and they should be
considered to know something about these things.
Jim
On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> The response from AOL:
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> > P.S. The abbreviation for Kilometers Per Hour is KPH and not Km/H...this is
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> And my response back to him:
>
> Actually, not. ....
> "The symbol for a compound unit that is a quotient of two units is indicated
> by a solidus or by a negative exponent..
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