----- Original Message ----- 
From: K.H. Wesseling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Willi Egger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: \usemodule[units]


> According an ISO report of many years ago published by the US 
> National Bureau of Standards the litre is not ISO but may be used 
> nevertheless, meaning 1 dm^3. It is lower case l and lower case ml. 
> The problem is that l looks so much like 1 that the practical 
> americans use L for l. In my publications I use the $\ell$ which 
> produces a very clear letter that is not confuseable with either l or 
> 1.
> 
> Best wishes, Karel.
> 
> 
> On 5 Feb 2002, at 19:25, Willi Egger wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am not familiar with the ISO-norm concerning the use of upper and
> > lower case for units. - My question is, if there is a definition for
> > the 'liter'. Is the abbreviation 'l' of 'L'. Further how to write
> > Milliliter: 'ml' or 'mL'?
> > 
> > Regards Willi
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 

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