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Just like the Fahrenheit symbol, both scales were named after their inventors, Anders Celsius and Daniel Fahrenheit. It became custom to simply use the first letter of their last names as the symbol for the scale. Since everyone capitalizes their initials and their names, the symbols for the scales are capitalized also.

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