Stan, Thanks for your proposals. I'm working on the second draft of FPLA 2010 which will include "improvements" based on your suggestions. i.e. with emphasis on the symbols for SI multiples rather than on the full names of multiples.
Gene. ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 20:44:30 -0400 >From: "Stan Jakuba" <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:44357] Re: FPLA 2010 >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > >Sounds great. Please consider the following slight alterations intended to >unify the language and presentation of units. > >(3) (A) (i) .......shall be expressed in g or its multiples; > >Consistently with (3) (A) (i), the (ii) and (iii) and (iv) should say: >(ii) ...........of linear measure, shall be expressed in m or its >multiples; >(iii) ...... of area, shall be expressed in m² or its multiples; >(iv) .... of volume, shall be expressed in m³ or its multiples, or ml, or >L. > >In all cases the multiples shall be formed by the addition of a prefix so as >to express the numerical value with no more than three significant digits. >Examples: mg and kg, mm and km, mm² and cm², cm³ and dm³. > >Stan Jakuba
