Talk:André-Marie Ampère

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Contents 1 Defender of Ampère 2 Sulphric vadiliumoxide? 3 Birth date 4 SI unit? 5 Content change

[edit] Defender of Ampère

It seems discussion board has been erased many times, after my attempts to rever vandals over here about this french scientist, i urge to wikipedians to keep an eye on this article. HappyApple 03:16, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sulphric vadiliumoxide?

What on earth is "sulphric vadiliumoxide"?? Even Google doesn't know. I also tried several alternatives in case it was a typo. Tommix 22:16, 02 October 2005 (CET)

Some anon added that a while ago. I removed it. Pfalstad 17:35, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Birth date

Ampère's birth date according to this article is January 20, 1775. However, it appears on the January 22 page and not the January 20 page. (It also says it's the 22nd on the 1775 page.) I Googled it, and results were mixed. If anybody knows which date is correct, they should fix this. - PollyClaire 23:07, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

I added a reference for January 20, but I note that Ampère's gravestone says January 21! This needs further investigation. There may be a simple explanation. Maybe not. - Astrochemist (talk) 01:09, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

A. was BORN on January, 20, and BAPTIZED on January 22. Just have a look at his certificate : [1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.199.143.55 (talk) 11:54, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] SI unit?

The introduction says:

"The SI unit of measurement of electric current, the ampere, is named after him."

What does "SI" mean? This may be a term widely known in physics but to it's unlikely to be known to the general reader. - 82.40.178.167 10:11, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

I linked the reference to the SI article, which claims that it is "the world's most widely used system of units,". I hope that helps. --Pdpinch 06:17, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Content change

I removed the final fragment of a sentence at the very end. It has been there for 5 years, but it makes no sense. Was it something taken only in part from the original article, in the 1911 Encyclopedia Brittanica? -- Astrochemist 20:03, 20 May 2007 (UTC)