John Kilopascal wrote in USMA 20757:

>They have a big boo-boo here.  They wrote torque as newtons per metre (N/m)
>instead of newton metres (Nm).


N.m wuld be better.  I prefer J/rad  (joules per radian), a vector
quantity.  A scalar N.m (newton metre) is a joule, the unit of work or
energy.

Joseph B.Reid
17 Glebe Road West
Toronto  M5P 1C8             Tel. 416 486-6071

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