Make all capitalization consistent with the rules of convention outlined in the American Heritage Dictionary. DO capitalize: The first word and any proper nouns in a title, heading, or subheading. Proper nouns, months, days of the week, but not the seasons.
Newton (unit) The newton (symbol: N) is the SI unit of force. It is named after Sir Isaac Newton because of his work on classical mechanics. A newton is how much force is required to make a mass of one kilogram go faster at a rate of one metre per second squared.
The newton (abbreviation and symbol: N) is the unit of force in metric system (SI), named after Isaac Newton. The newton is equal to the amount of force needed to accelerate a one kilogram mass at a rate of one meter per second squared. 1 newton (N) = 0.224808943 pounds force (lbf) = 0.101971621 kilogram-force (kgf) Report an error on this page.