Madan:

A good idea. However, here are some comments.

Other than Celsius, all the unit names should start with a lower-case
letter.

All the spelled-out prefixes should start with lower case.

The solidus (/) should only be used with SI symbols, not the full names.
With full names, you need to use the word "per."

gram force, although commonly used in the disk drive industry, is not an SI
unit. Force is measured in newtons (N).

grams per square meter is not SI. The SI unit of pressure is the pascal
(Pa). For tires, that's typically kilopascal. For atmospheric pressure, it's
normally either hectopascal or kilopascal.

meter squared and meter cubed are not SI. Spelled out, they are square meter
and cubic meter. Their symbols are m� and m�.

candela should be singular.

You should download yourself a copy of NIST document SP 811 and/or the BIPM
brochure (from http://metric1.org/dldocs.htm).

Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of M R
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 16:18
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:17039] Calendar-2002 with metric terms


Hi guys

Wish  you all a Very Happy Metric New Year 2002.
I just created a simple calendar in spreadsheet with
some metric terms.  You can massage it and send it
across.  If we can agree on a final version,  then we
will send that to all our friends to educate everyone
about metric.

I am attaching it in Star Calc and MS-Excel formats.

Feel free to download it and it can be printed in just
1 page.

Madan


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