Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoTIL Claude Emile Jean-Baptiste Litre was invented so the short form of the litre could be capitalized.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down15
arrow-up174arrow-down1external-linkTIL Claude Emile Jean-Baptiste Litre was invented so the short form of the litre could be capitalized.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square12linkfedilink
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days agoCommon name is proper, just like metric tonne is a megagram. For this they needed a simpler name for everyday volume, which also scales to millilitre etc.
Common name is proper, just like metric tonne is a megagram. For this they needed a simpler name for everyday volume, which also scales to millilitre etc.