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Re: Abbreviations
>At 09:25 05.08.98 -0500, you wrote:
>The milli-Roentgen (mR) is written with a capital R
Strange though it may seem, the SI convention for units named after a
person is:
capilize the abbreviation; cpatilize the word when used as a name; do not
capitalize the word when used as a unit.
So the roentgen is named after Prof. Roentgen and abbreviated R.
"Shlala gashle" (Zulu greeting, meaning "Stay safe")
mike (mcnaught@LANL.GOV)
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