Common practice is to use a capital L (approved in 1979). The BIPM SI brochure does not permit the use of a cursive small L. It specifically prescribes only l and L.
There is no doubt that the common British practice is to omit the space. However, all examples in official SI documentation use a space. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Mike Joy > Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 16:30 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:21426] Re: Millilitres vs centilitres > > > Thanks for that, Pat. > I guess the space was put in to separate the 'l' for litres so it doesn't > look like a figure 1. But when the script 'l' is used it's not so > much of a > problem. Even so, I have never seen a space between the numeral > and the unit > in normal practice. > > Regards > Mike > > ************Dear Mike, > > Check the Bureau International de Poids et Mesures website at www.bipm.fr > > There you will find the Metric Bible, the 'International System of Units' > that can be downloaded freely in French or English. When you examine this > you will find that in all cases there is a space between a number and a > unit. > > For example, five metres is written as 5 m is symbol form. > > Cheers, > > Pat Naughtin CAMS > Geelong, Australia > > on 2002-07-29 11.00, Mike Joy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On another point, I notice everyone is putting a space between > the numeral > > and the unit. There is no space (as in the ifp system) so it's > 1200mm or 1 > > 200mm, not 1200 mm. >
