The Unit (was: One-upsmanship (was: Secret Mac))

From: Sridhar the POWERful <vance_at_ikickass.org>
Date: Fri Apr 19 08:19:10 2002

On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Hans Franke wrote:

> > > German(*), but rather because there is still no basic
> > > or derivated SI unit starting with Z, so Z would give
> > > a prety good symbol. There is already the Bq (Bequerel),
> > > so Babbage wouldn't be so nicht - the same is true for
> > > Calcula (C -> Celsius) and Ambit (A -> Ampere).
>
> > Since when has 'Celsius' been an SI unit? And since when has the
> > abreviation for it been 'C'? C _is_ used for an SI unit -- the Coulomh.
>
> It is a derivated unit, as Coulomb, but you'r right, the
> name is Degree Celsius (°C), and youre right, C is Coulomb.

Coulombs aren't derived.

Peace... Sridhar
Received on Fri Apr 19 2002 - 08:19:10 BST

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