Timeline for Is Kelvin capitalized?
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| Apr 5, 2018 at 5:15 | answer | added | Rob | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 6, 2016 at 7:20 | comment | added | Max Williams | This is explained in my answer. | |
| Jun 3, 2016 at 20:22 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/738828275762483200 | ||
| Jun 3, 2016 at 17:02 | comment | added | Linda Lawson-Bruton | @MaxWilliams - I did read that explanation and it was very good. However, I don't know why kelvin (in the Wikipedia) is not capitalized and Celsius is capitalized. Knowing this answer will help me remember the answer. Thanks everyone for your input. | |
| Jun 3, 2016 at 16:59 | history | edited | Linda Lawson-Bruton | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 3, 2016 at 16:28 | answer | added | Azor Ahai -him- | timeline score: 13 | |
| Jun 3, 2016 at 16:20 | comment | added | Hot Licks | It's mainly just a matter of precedent. The capitalization of Fahrenheit and Celsius (as well as tacking on "degrees") was established before the International WhoeverItIs got into the act to standardize scientific nomenclature. Then, of course, various specious "reasons" were concocted to explain the discrepancy. | |
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| Jun 3, 2016 at 16:11 | comment | added | Max Williams | @ThomasFrancois no argument there, and that other question does go into the subject in quite a lot of detail, so, OP, you should definitely go and read it. | |
| Jun 3, 2016 at 16:07 | comment | added | Thomas Francois | @MaxWilliams Not an exact duplicate indeed, but this contradiction is covered in the answer I pointed to. | |
| Jun 3, 2016 at 16:03 | comment | added | Max Williams | @ThomasFrancois - I don't think this is a duplicate since it's about the special case with Celcius and Fahrenheit which appear to contradict the general rule that units should not be capitalised (which is explained in one of the answers to that question, but isn't the focus of the question). | |
| Jun 3, 2016 at 16:01 | answer | added | Max Williams | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 3, 2016 at 16:00 | comment | added | Thomas Francois | There is a very nice answer over here: Should Units of Measure be capitalized? | |
| Jun 3, 2016 at 15:56 | comment | added | Thomas Francois | It may be because kelvin is used as is whereas Celsius can not be used alone but comes with degree. I'll try to find a source of some sort. | |
| Jun 3, 2016 at 15:47 | history | asked | Linda Lawson-Bruton | CC BY-SA 3.0 |