    UNITS(VI)                    8/30/74                    UNITS(VI)

    NAME
         units - conversion program

    SYNOPSIS
         Units  converts  quantities  expressed  in  various standard
         scales to their equivalents in other scales.  It  works  in-
         teractively in this fashion:

              You have: inch
              You want: cm
                   * 2.54000e+00
                   / 3.93701e-01

         A  quantity  is specified as a multiplicative combination of
         units optionally preceded by a numeric  multiplier.   Powers
         are indicated by suffixed positive integers, division by the
         usual sign:

              You have: 15 pounds force/in2
              You want: atm
                   * 1.02069e+00
                   / 9.79730e-01

         Units only does multiplicative scale changes.  Thus  it  can
         convert Kelvin to Rankine, but not Centigrade to Fahrenheit.
         Most familiar units, abbreviations, and metric prefixes  are
         recognized,  together  with  a generous leavening of exotica
         and a few constants of nature including:

              pi   ratio of circumference to diameter
              c    speed of light
              e    charge on an electron
              g    acceleration of gravity
              force     same as g
              mole Avogadro's number
              water     pressure head per unit height of water
              au   astronomical unit

         `Pound' is a unit of mass.  Compound names are run together,
         e.g.  `lightyear'.   British units that differ from their US
         counterparts are prefixed thus: `brgallon'.  For a  complete
         list of units, `cat /usr/lib/units'.

    FILES
         /usr/lib/units

    BUGS

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