2001-11-12

Yep,  if they are wrong, they need to be changed.

Upper case is used from Mega on up.  Deka, hecto and kilo are small case.

John





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Subject: [USMA:16142] Re: Re[2]: Re[2]: Where does gravity (g) fi


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>      So, I guess all of the geophysicists ought to change their gravity
>      anomaly maps.
>
>      Why kg? I was taught that the upper case prefixes denoted
>      multiplication and the lower case prefixes denoted division. The
>      difference between MOhm and mOhm.
>
>      Sid
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> Sid Bennett asked in USMA 16120:
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> >     Has gal been approved as a derived unit?
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>
> According to the metric bible the gal is a CGS unit with a special name.
>         1 Gal = 1 cm/s2 = 10^-2 m/s2.
> Hence the gal is not an SI unit.
>
> Joseph B.Reid
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