Kelvin and Ampere were people's names

Didier

John Day wrote:
> At 04:05 AM 5/22/2007, Rob Kimberley wrote:
>   
>> As Seconds are a fundamental unit of the SI system, shouldn't the "S" be
>> upper case?
>>     
>
> Of seven SI 'base units' only two - K for thermodynamic temperature 
> and A for electrical current are capitalised. On the basis of your 
> suggestion we would need to campaign for a change in 5 units, not just one.
>
> John
>
>   

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