Re: why is S used for displacement

From: David Bowman (David_Bowman@georgetowncollege.edu)
Date: Tue Jun 25 2002 - 23:58:38 EDT

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Regarding George Murphy's question:
> ...
> Something that might be a bit easier to track down historically is the
>rationale for the symbols used for fundamental constants. G for the
>gravitational constant is obvious (at least in English) - but why c for the
>speed of light?

Possibly because it is the _c_onstant bound on the _c_elerity of _c_ausation?

David Bowman

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