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Subject:Re: Inch per Second From:DURL <durl -at- BUFFNET -dot- NET> Date:Thu, 25 Sep 1997 10:13:06 -0400
I use *Science and Technical Writing: A Manual of Style* for a
source for questions like this. (Engineers seem to find it more
acceptable than Chicago.)
I understand IEEE has a style manual, too;
if anyone can verify, I'd appreciate it.
TIA,
Mary Durlak Erie Documentation Inc.
East Aurora, New York (near Buffalo)
durl -at- buffnet -dot- net
On Wed, 24 Sep 1997, Edward Schaperjahn wrote:
> | Does anyone know where I can find a reference for an
> | abbreviation for Inch Per Second? Should it be listed
> | as an acronym, IPS (Inch Per Second), ips, or I/S?
> | Thanks.
> | Yvette
> In the engineering field, we use Inches per Second as a unit
> of measure for vibration analysis of machinery. In this case,
> I have generally seen it written (and it is pretty much
> universally understood) as:
>
> IPS or in/sec.
>
> Ed Schaperjahn
> schaperjahne -at- nimo -dot- com
>
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