Hi Martin,

Thanks for the mail. I'm not totally sure about this
but I was always told that it is from the French
'Intensitie' (Intensity) - the effect that voltage
had. The S.I. system (System Internationale)electrical
stuff tends to be a bit French: I'm not certain if
Ampere was French but the name certainly suggests
this.

I hope that this is of some use. If your message went
out wider then you will probably be bombarded with
more accurate information.

Best wishes,

Ian


--- Veit Martin Koch <veit.koch@...> wrote:

> Hi Ian - or whoever knows the answer:
>
> why is the symbol for current I? Where does that
> come from?
>
> Regards,
>
> Martin
>




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