I don't see any merit in using prefixes with degrees Celsius (regardless of the fact that the SI Brochure allows them).
The everyday use of Celsius temperatures, which is over a fairly limited range, requires neither extreme precision (millidegrees) nor great magnitude (kilodegrees or megadegrees). Where high precision or great magnitude are required (typically in scientific applications), I believe it's much better to used the kelvin. And, of course, mK would only be used for temperatures or temperature differences of less than 1 K. Actual temperatures would be in kelvin, kilokelvin and megakelvin, using numbers to the right of the decimal point where high precision is warranted. Without prefixes, of course, the customary absence of a space before the degree symbol isn't a problem. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of John S. Ward >Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 19:47 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:28487] Re: metricated recipe > > >Thanks for pointing out the mistakes, Jim. I've already made the >corrections. >I never noticed that �C could be treated like a unit. Looking >through the SI >brochure, I see that they always have a space between the number and the >symbol in all examples. And I see the part where they show that >one can add >a prefix to �C. So for consistency's sake I'm going to go ahead >and treat �C >like I would any other symbol, with a space between it and the >number. Can >anyone come up with a good argument to the contrary? > >If anyone finds any more mistakes in the metric kitchen site, by >all means let >me know! > >John > >On Monday 02 February 2004 18:37, James Frysinger wrote: >> Nice site with great eye-appeal, John! I've been wanting to do this for >> years but never got a "round tuit". Now I won't have to. Thanks! >> >> By the way, you've got chili spelled chile in your left frame. Also, in >> your style section, you use the masculine ordinate (&0186;) >instead of the >> degree symbol (&0176; or °). Is that a space between the >raised circle >> and the C? It should not be. I note that you use a space between the two >> when citing temperatures. The nonbreaking space ( ) goes between the >> number and the unit symbol --- which is raised circle C without any >> intervening space. (As the brochure points out, one can state a small >> temperature interval as 4.3 m�C.) The same rule applies for Fahrenheit >> temperatures but who cares.... Grin. >> >> Jim >> >> On Monday 2004 February 02 21:14, John S. Ward wrote: >> > While we're on the subject of metric recipes, my new metric >cooking site >> > has served nearly 5000 pages since it went live last October. >I can see >> > what people type into the search engine that leads them to the >page, and >> > it's most often to convert from customary to metric. Now that's what I >> > like to see! >> > >> > http://www.jsward.com/cooking/ >> > >> > John
