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echo: rberrypi
to: ME@PRIVACY.NET
from: A. DUMAS
date: 2019-01-12 16:24:00
subject: Re: Pi 3 B+: Needs Coolin

NY  wrote:
> I wonder if the units which are abbreviated to capital letters are those
> which are named after people. Or is that "rule" too simplistic?

Yes, that is the reason, e.g. also (C)oulomb, (N)ewton, Å(ngström),
Pa(scal), (V)olt, (S)iemens, (T)esla etc.

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