Mike Joy wrote: >When I was a kid, even though there was no talk of converting to SI, I was >still taught that the small letter was used for units smaller than the base >unit and the capital letter used for those larger than the base unit.
Of course, that only applies to mega and higher. for 10, 100 and 1000 times, we still have da, h and k, although many have called for these to be replaced by D, H and K for the sake of consistency. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
