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Re: the Einstein unit

At 08:20 AM 4/30/97, Eugene P. Mosca wrote:
All the Phys-L references to the Einstein spelled it the "Einstein".
However, the convention is that any unit named after a person
begins with a lower case letter.
Shouldn't it be the einstein?
...
Eugene (Gene) P. Mosca

Domestic practise differs from world convention in this area.
And it's rather variable.
Like our spelling.
:-)

brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>
Altus OK