From: Rod Fleming (rodfleming@sol.co.uk)
Date: 06/12/00-01:49:19 AM Z
Obviously it is Monday morning, then.
The keen eyed and sharp witted will have noted the glaring error in my
previous post- a Newton-metre is a measure of torque, not force. A Newton is
a measure of force, and torque=forcexdistance, hence Newton-metre.
I have to stop doing this now........
Rod
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rod Fleming" <rodfleming@sol.co.uk>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 08:33
Subject: Re: cc or ml?
> What is this- Monday morning?
>
> We were taught at school (60's) not to use "cc" but "ml" (pronounced
"emel",
> BTW). Sometime in the early '60's the scientific community adopted a
> standard metric terminolgy, which includes grammes and kilogrammes for
mass,
> Newton-Metres (Nm) for force, meters and centimetres etc for linear
measure,
> and litres and so on for volume.
>
> But a cc is still the same thing as an ml, so don't let it bother you.
>
>
> Rod
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Judy Seigel" <jseigel@panix.com>
> To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 07:46
> Subject: cc or ml?
>
>
> >
> > Dear list mind:
> >
> > I used to say and write "cc" for cubic centimeter, but somehow this list
> > has caused me to change to "ml", which seems the term of choice. Folks
> > have said the two are different, though can that be by very much?
> >
> > Meanwhile, re-writing some old formulas, I changed all my "ccs" to
"mls",
> > but it didn't feel right and I changed them back. Now I'm wondering,
does
> > everybody know what a "cc" is? A "ml"? I suppose I should stick to one
> > or the other, because switching could *add* confusion, but I think it's
> > too late, that I have already waffled in print and online.
> >
> > PS: Doesn't "cc" *sound* better than "ml"? That was my reason in the
> > first place: "ml" sounded like it should have "on the floss" after it.
> >
> > thanks in advance for any & all advice...
> >
> > Judy
> >
> >
> >
>
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