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Old December 10th 03, 05:09 AM
Dan Richardson
 
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On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 20:46:18 GMT, Gene Fuller
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Nope, it's actually ohms with a lower case oh, at least in the US.


Not according to the referance you gave at
http://www.physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/contents.html

Quote:
6.1.2 Capitalization
Unit symbols are printed in lower-case letters except that:
(a)
the symbol or the first letter of the symbol is an upper-case letter
when the name of the unit is derived from the name of a person...

End quote.

Ohm is a name of a person.

Danny