Re: Standards for units and values

Subject: Re: Standards for units and values
From: Elizabeth J Allen <eja -at- samurai -dot- com>
To: "Hauglie, Joe" <jhauglie -at- ti -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 11:23:50 -0400

Hey Joe,

I adhere to the International System of Units (SI). See

http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/

kthxbye,

Elizabeth
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Einstein


On 4-Jun-07, at 1:46 PM, Hauglie, Joe wrote:

> Hi, everyone. I've got a thorny (and emotionally charged) question
> to ask. Here's the issue:
>
> What are the acceptable standards for writing numbers and units? In
> abbreviating units, for example V for volts, do the standards
> support using a space before the unit or not?

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