Science ExtraCredit
2006-12-18 08:57:27 · 4 answers · asked by superhotshot999 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
It isn't. You also have the Newton, Ampere, Volt, Ohm, Watt, Joule, ant Pascal, to name a few.
2006-12-18 09:00:57 · answer #1 · answered by Helmut 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
as others have stated, there are many other units named after people...
ALSO... all cool people who work with or use the metric system call it "centigrade"...
also also Celsius called the boiling point 0 and the freezing point 100 which is just goofy... that's why future scientists switched it around...
2006-12-18 17:10:17 · answer #2 · answered by theba_boy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It isn't. Kelvin is named after Lord Kelvin (William Thompson)
2006-12-18 17:00:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I thought Jim Centimeter invented the ruler - maybe not.
2006-12-18 17:24:43 · answer #4 · answered by Math geek 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋