Re: Dimensions vs units

[Bob Sciamanda <trebor@VELOCITY.NET>]

Donald,
Thanks for the prodding.  I don't have your references, but I did find
this:

In the 3rd edition of Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia the article
"Dimension" begins:
"The dimensions of a physical quantity are an indication of the nature of
the quantity . . ."

Bob Sciamanda
Physics, Edinboro Univ of PA (ret)
trebor@velocity.net
http://www.velocity.net/~trebor

-----Original Message-----
From: Donald E. Simanek <dsimanek@EAGLE.LHUP.EDU>
To: PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU <PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU>
Date: Sunday, December 13, 1998 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: Dimensions vs units
> . . .
> A readily available reference I found which you could consult is the
long
> entry on Dimensional Analysis by John W. Stewart (U. of Virginia) in
"The
> McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Physics," Second edition, 1993. This, or
> better, its larger form, "The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science" ought
> to be in any college or university library.
> . . .
> Dr. Donald E. Simanek