Editing Talk:Speed (section)

== Gonzales unit ==

Most of the derived SI units have been given eponymous names: Coulomb, Farad, Tesla and Watt are a few examples.

The only named unit of speed is the knot, which is not an SI unit. Defined as one nautical mile per hour, it is also imprecise, since the exact length of the nautical mile has varied over time and from one authority to another.

The SI unit of speed (actually velocity) is the metre per second, symbol: m·s<sup>-1</sup>. I propose that it should be given the name of Gonzales (symbol: Gz) after the eponymous "Speedy". The approved CGPM prefixes would apply very conveniently: a milli-Gonzales (mGz) would be appropriate for expressing things that move at a snail's pace, and the speed of light in a vacuum would be 299.792458 mega-Gonzales (MGz). I further propose that the micro-Gonzales (µGz) be treated as a special unit. It would be a dimensionless virtual unit, reserved for expressing the speed at which committees move towards a final decision.

[[User:Mhevans|martinev]] ([[User talk:Mhevans|talk]]) 13:14, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
:Try asking the BIPM to do that, or even try to popularize this unit yourself.  Anyway, article talk pages on Wikipedia are for discussing improvement to the associated article. [[User:A. di M.|A. di M.]] ([[User talk:A. di M.|talk]]) 18:47, 12 October 2010 (UTC)