Talk:Celsius/Archive 2
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Spelling: Celsius vs Celcius
Can someone explain the origin of the alternate spelling?
I note that the Oxford English dictionary now uses "Celsius", as do Americans and the man's name is "Celsius."
However, it was always "Celcius" when I was at school and University. I've checked with others and they recall being taught the alternate spelling. Perhaps "Celcius" is a better phonetic spelling for an english speaker? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.86.92.192 (talk) 12:04, 10 August 2004 (UTC)
- Intriguing; never ran across that mistake(?) before myself. There are a lot of hits when you Google on it, too. Nothing in the Britannica or my other reference works. Must be another case of bloody American spelling. :-)
- Urhixidur 13:57, 2004 Nov 18 (UTC)
- Enough of the gratuitous America-bashing. Back to your Google
celcius site:.uk 13,800 hits
celcius site:.au 7,450 hits
- Gene Nygaard 05:51, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- There are some authors of books for schools and universities writing "Celcius", but I have found that my chemistry book for the university uses "Celsius". I think the last is the best way because of two reasons. First, it is fit with the English spelling. Then, it comes from the exact name of the Swedish scientist. Yves Revi 21:31, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
- I think I've seen both too. However I think you've overlooked one obvious, important reason to prefer "Celsius", namely that it is the standard endorsed by the BIPM: see or (Incidentally, the latter clearly explains why Celsius is capitalised).
- — DIV (128.250.204.118 08:40, 1 September 2007 (UTC))
I'm an American and all books I've ever used here spell it as Celsius. Dave — Preceding unsigned comment added by Decrotty (talk • contribs) 15:04, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
- Just noting that the OED doesn't record Celcius at all, not even as a variant. Does anyone have a citation for a reference work with the -c- spelling? 88.19.0.37 (talk) 13:22, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
Confusing conversions in infobox
| Archive 2 | |
|---|---|
| Current infobox | |
| Conversions | |
| 1 archive 2 in ... | ... is equal to ... |
| K | c + 273.15 |
| °F | (c × 9/5) + 32 |
Part of the infobox to the right →
Infobox at the moment confuses two different notions of "1 degree Celsius". a) the point just above freezing temperature of water and b) difference between, say, 29°C and 30°C. I.e. it confuses an absolute point on centigrade scale, and a relative difference between two points. Template:Infobox unit at the moment is more tailored towards conversions of relative quantities. In the infobox, the formulas in the right column are OK. It is the 1 in the left column that is the issue. Maybe it would be better to split it from the infobox, and add conversion formulas in a separate box? Something like:
| Proposal | |
|---|---|
| Conversions | |
| x °C in ... | ... is equal to ... |
| K | x + 273.15 |
| °F | (x × 9/5) + 32 |
—andrybak (talk) 14:42, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
- Looked a bit into Template:Infobox unit, and after a small tweak, I went ahead, and changed infobox, to make it about absolute temperatures only. —andrybak (talk) 14:58, 8 June 2019 (UTC)