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Originally Posted by kalee20
It's a bit of an inconsistency, really, in SI, calling the base unit a kilogram. Would have been better calling it something else. Suggestions?
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Perhaps the most logical suggestion would be to name the kilogram a “giorgi” with the symbol “G” in honour of Giovanni Giorgi who in 1901 proposed that the MKS system (which used the metre, kilogram and second as its fundamental units), extended with a fourth unit to be taken from the units of electromagnetism, be used as an international system.
Unfortunately, this would cause endless confusion with the “gram” and its SI unit symbol “g”. For example, if it was intended to specify a tracking force of 6 mG (milligiorgi) and MS word autocorrect changed this to 6 Mg (megagram) you would have specified a tracking force of 6 kg instead of 6 g.
It’s probably best to stick to the kilogram after all.