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Re: Abbreviation of Nautical Mile
From: Jim Thompson
Date: 2005 Jun 8, 19:46 -0300
From: Jim Thompson
Date: 2005 Jun 8, 19:46 -0300
John K, I just looked this up in preparation for teaching the Power & Sail Squadron AP course this winter. The CPS-ECP AP Students Notes states that there is no accepted abbreviation, which is why they standardized on "M" for the purposes of their courses. There is no reference to who wrote that piece of information, but I have to assume that course committees dug into that issue in the recent past. I prefer NM, but statute mile is never used in CPS-ECP courses, only nautical mile, so there would be no confusion. Jim Thompson jim3 at jimthompson dot net www.jimthompson.net -------------------- Outgoing email scanned by Norton Antivirus