PARIS — The Italian government wants to change the name of the international unit of electrical potential from “volt” to “volta,” to pay tribute to Italian electricity pioneer Alessandro Volta two centuries after his death.
Well then I have good news for ya, “volt” was already named after the dude, so this task is already done
I think you may have missed the next part of the article where they explain they specifically want to change the spelling to include the a in the official name of the unit
Well then I have good news for ya, “volt” was already named after the dude, so this task is already done
I think you may have missed the next part of the article where they explain they specifically want to change the spelling to include the a in the official name of the unit
Shouldn’t it be “volto” since he was a man?
I think this is where we defer to the comment made by an actual Italian