On Tue, 13 Nov 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Why kg? Tradition. The proposal which the CCU twice rejected was to "permit" alternative prefix symbols: either da or D for deka; either h or H for hecto; and either k or K for kilo for a trial period; precedent l or L for liter. This would allow all prefix symbols for multipliers greater than 1 to be uppercase symbols. All prefix symbols for multipliers less than 1 are already lowercase symbols.
> I was taught that the upper case prefixes denoted > multiplication and the lower case prefixes denoted division... That is not yet completely true. The three exceptions are noted above. Gene.
