it would be a bad idea! cause C ist already Coulomb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 7:24 AM Subject: [USMA:22691] Re: Editorial changes to the SI brochure
> Joe Reid wrote: > 'A possible solution would be to rename the "degree Celsius" as simply the > "celsius".' > > That would give rise to two units for a temperature difference. Currently, > the only acceptable SI unit for relative temperatures is the kelvin. > > The use of the kelvin both for temperature differences and for actual > temperature is internally consistent, given that the reference point for > actual temperature is absolute zero. I find the arbitrary zero point for the > Celsius scale problematic in that respect. > > Bill Potts, CMS > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >
