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Subject:Re: Inch Per Second From:Lynn Gold <figmo -at- RAHUL -dot- NET> Date:Tue, 23 Sep 1997 15:44:00 -0700
Bergerson, Carl A wrote:
>
>>From the Chicago Manual of Style, 13th Edition, paragraphs 14.38, 14.40,
>and derived from 14.46: in./sec.
>
>Carl Bergerson
>Mission Viejo
>Product Information
>carl -dot- bergerson -at- unisys -dot- com
>
>> ----------
>> From: Yvette Anaya[SMTP:NONAHMEE -at- AOL -dot- COM]
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 1997 8:36 AM
>> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>> Subject: Inch Per Second
>>
>> Does anyone know where I can find a reference for an abbreviation for
>> Inch
>> Per Second? Should it be listed as an acronym, IPS (Inch Per Second),
>> ips,
>> or I/S?
>> Thanks.
>> Yvette
In broadcast documentation, I've always seen "inches per second"
abbreviated to "IPS," as in "15 IPS" or "7 1/2 IPS."
--Lynn Gold "net.fogey" figmo -at- rahul -dot- net/lgold -at- actracorp -dot- com
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