----- 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 > > > > > > >
