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Subject: Re: [office-formula] CONVERT - proposals and a new draft
Hi David, On Monday, 2007-02-12 18:50:26 -0500, David A. Wheeler wrote: > > > - Drop mass measures hweight, shweight. Don't know what they are, > > > and I doubt they're important. > > > > Commented as Hundredweight and Shorthundredweight in the sources. > > Yet another U.S. invention. Used in commerce, it seems, and corresponds > > with 'ozm' and similar. Should use an abbreviation instead, see > > http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/AvoirdupoisSystemofUnits.html > > Looks like cwt and lcwt are their official abbreviations. > > Should we include this? Just the official symbols, or the older OOo symbols too? We can mention the old OOo symbols for reference, but I doubt anyone used them because it wasn't clear what they are. > > Not mentioned in the online-help is 'brton', Gross Registered Ton, but > > that should be 'GRT' then instead. > > Aka a "long ton". "lton" seems to be used too. Okay, now I know what it is... do we want to include it in the spec? GRT isn't a unit of mass. A gross registered ton is not to be confused with a gross ton (= long ton), it's a unit of volume instead and equals 100 cubic feet. Used to describe the cargo capacity of ships. See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ton We may include it, it is commonly used. > > Btw, a 'd' for day would fit into the time quantities. > > True, I wasn't sure we wanted to add that. I fear adding much more. This one wouldn't hurt, I think. Eike -- Automatic string conversions considered dangerous. They are the GOTO statements of spreadsheets. --Robert Weir on the OpenDocument formula subcommittee's list.
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