Re: ORGLIST:ml or mL?

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From: Jacob Zabicky (zabicky$##$bgumail.bgu.ac.il)
Date: Sun Jun 09 2002 - 06:35:36 EDT

Dear Palas,

you're right...in priciple, but now think in practical terms too. When a
subject is of restricted scope such as scooping out somaliquots or citing
some concentrations, then it's easier to type 2.5 L than the graphically
more cumbersome 2.5 dm3, or 0.0025 m3. Graphically I couldn't write the
cubic decimeter or cubic meter correctly in the e-mail. As for upper vs.
lower case the upper case was introduced because it's easy to confuse l
with 1 (unity) in many fonts. Sometimes there is a point to proficiency
at the cost of rigor.

All the best,

Jacob

At 8:48 07/06/2002, Research Scholars,tpr wrote:
> Dear Orglisters
>
> I have observed both ml and mL as the unit of volume in reputed
> journals. This is one of the many cases of laxity in presenting
> units. Editors and referees don't seem to be strict enough to
> impose SI units. So is the case with IUPAC names. Journals seem
> to prefer common names over the recommended ones. I would like to
> refer to the book, "Guide for the Use of the International System
> of Unit (SI)" by Barry N. Taylor, published by Uniter State
> Department of Commerce, National Institure of Standards and
> Technology; 1995. This guide is available trough net:
> http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/rules.html
>
> I think it's time we pay more attention towards this.
>
> Thank you
> Palas Gangopadhyay
>
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