Editing Electric current (section)

==Symbol==
The conventional symbol for current is {{math|''I''}}, which originates from the French phrase {{lang|fr|intensité du courant}} (current intensity).<ref>{{cite book|first1=T. L.|last1=Lowe|first2=John|last2=Rounce|title=Calculations for A-level Physics|page=2|publisher=Nelson Thornes|year=2002|isbn=0748767487}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first1=Howard M.|last1=Berlin|first2=Frank C.|last2=Getz|title=Principles of Electronic Instrumentation and Measurement|page=37|publisher=Merrill Pub. Co.|year=1988|isbn=0675204496}}</ref> Current intensity is often referred to simply as ''current''.<ref>{{cite book|first1=K. S. Suresh|last1=Kumar|title=Electric Circuit Analysis|publisher=Pearson Education India|year=2013|isbn=978-9332514102|chapter=Section 1.2.3|quote='Current intensity' is usually referred to as 'current' itself.}}</ref>  The {{math|''I''}} symbol was used by [[André-Marie Ampère]], after whom the unit of electric current is named, in formulating [[Ampère's force law]] (1820).<ref>{{cite web|first=A-M|last=Ampère|url=http://www.ampere.cnrs.fr/textes/recueil/pdf/recueilobservationsd.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724083412/http://www.ampere.cnrs.fr/textes/recueil/pdf/recueilobservationsd.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-24 |url-status=live|title=Recueil d'Observations Électro-dynamiques|page=56|location=Paris: Chez Crochard Libraire|year=1822|language=French}}</ref>  The notation travelled from France to Great Britain, where it became standard, although at least one journal did not change from using {{math|''C''}} to {{math|''I''}} until 1896.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BCZLAAAAYAAJ|title=Electric Power|year=1894 |volume=6|pages=411, 1894}}</ref>