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        !             3: .TH UNITS 1  "18 January 1983"
        !             4: .SH NAME
        !             5: units \- conversion program
        !             6: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             7: .B units
        !             8: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             9: .I Units
        !            10: converts quantities expressed
        !            11: in various standard scales to
        !            12: their equivalents in other scales.
        !            13: It works interactively in this fashion:
        !            14: .PP
        !            15: .I "   You have:"
        !            16: inch
        !            17: .br
        !            18: .I "   You want:"
        !            19: cm
        !            20: .br
        !            21: .I "           * 2.54000e+00
        !            22: .br
        !            23: .I "           \*/ 3.93701e\-01
        !            24: .PP
        !            25: A quantity is specified as a multiplicative combination of
        !            26: units optionally preceded by a numeric multiplier.
        !            27: Powers are indicated by suffixed positive integers,
        !            28: division by the usual sign:
        !            29: .PP
        !            30: .I "   You have:"
        !            31: 15 pounds force/in2
        !            32: .br
        !            33: .I "   You want:"
        !            34: atm
        !            35: .br
        !            36: .I "           * 1.02069e+00"
        !            37: .br
        !            38: .I "           \*/ 9.79730e\-01"
        !            39: .PP
        !            40: .I Units 
        !            41: only does multiplicative scale changes.
        !            42: Thus it can convert Kelvin to Rankine, but not Centigrade to
        !            43: Fahrenheit.
        !            44: Most familiar units,
        !            45: abbreviations, and metric prefixes are recognized,
        !            46: together with a generous leavening of exotica
        !            47: and a few constants of nature including:
        !            48: .PP
        !            49: .nf
        !            50:        pi      ratio of circumference to diameter
        !            51:        c       speed of light
        !            52:        e       charge on an electron
        !            53:        g       acceleration of gravity 
        !            54:        force   same as g
        !            55:        mole    Avogadro's number
        !            56:        water   pressure head per unit height of water
        !            57:        au      astronomical unit
        !            58: .PP
        !            59: .fi
        !            60: `Pound' is a unit of
        !            61: mass.
        !            62: Compound names are run together, e.g. `lightyear'.
        !            63: British units that differ from their US counterparts
        !            64: are prefixed thus: `brgallon'.
        !            65: Currency is denoted `belgiumfranc', `britainpound', ...
        !            66: .PP
        !            67: For a complete list of units, `cat /usr/lib/units'.
        !            68: .SH FILES
        !            69: /usr/lib/units
        !            70: .SH BUGS
        !            71: Don't base your
        !            72: financial plans on the currency conversions.

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