Scientific units named after people
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This is a list of scientific units named after people. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_eponyms[/url] [B]Contents[/B] 1 SI base units 2 SI derived unit 3 Centimeter-gram-second system of units 3.1 No longer in use 4 Others 4.1 Planck units (natural units) 4.2 No longer in use [B]SI base units[/B] Ampere, electric current – André-Marie Ampčre Kelvin, thermodynamic temperature – Lord Kelvin [B]SI derived unit[/B] Becquerel, radioactivity – Henri Becquerel Degree Celsius, temperature – Anders Celsius Coulomb, electric charge – Charles-Augustin de Coulomb Farad, capacitance – Michael Faraday Gray, absorbed dose of radiation - Louis Harold Gray Henry, inductance – Joseph Henry Hertz, frequency – Heinrich Rudolf Hertz Joule, energy, work, heat – James Prescott Joule Newton, force – Isaac Newton Ohm, electrical resistance – Georg Ohm Pascal, pressure – Blaise Pascal Siemens, electrical conductance – Werner von Siemens Sievert, radiation dose equivalent – Rolf Sievert Tesla, magnetic flux density – Nikola Tesla Volt, electric potential, electromotive force – Alessandro Volta Watt, power, radiant flux – James Watt Weber, magnetic flux – Wilhelm Eduard Weber Centimeter-gram-second system of units Biot, electric current; Jean-Baptiste Biot Debye, electric dipole moment; Peter Debye Gauss (unit), magnetic induction – Carl Friedrich Gauss Maxwell (unit), magnetic flux – James Clerk Maxwell Oersted, magnetic field strength – Hans Christian Řrsted Galileo, acceleration; Galileo Galilei Eotvos, gravitational gradient; Loránd Eötvös [B] No longer in use[/B] Franklin, electric charge – Benjamin Franklin [B] Others[/B] Angstrom, distance – Anders Jonas Ĺngström Centimorgan, recombinant frequency – Thomas Hunt Morgan Curie, radioactivity – Marie and Pierre Curie Dalton, mass ; John Dalton Decibel (i.e. tenths of Bels) dimensionless proportions and ratios, e.g. relative power levels – Alexander Graham Bell Degree Fahrenheit, temperature – Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit Jansky, flux density – Karl Jansky Langmuir, gas exposure dose; Irving Langmuir Neper, relative power level – John Napier Poise, viscosity – Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille Röntgen, dosage of X-rays or gamma radiation – Wilhelm Röntgen Richter scale, earthquake power – Charles Francis Richter Stokes, viscosity – George Gabriel Stokes Svedberg, sedimentation rate – Theodor Svedberg [B]Planck units (natural units) Base units[/B] Planck length Planck mass Planck time Planck charge Planck temperature Derived Units Planck momentum Planck energy Planck force Planck power Planck density Planck angular frequency Planck pressure Planck current Planck voltage Planck impedance [B] No longer in use[/B] Mercalli Intensity Scale, earthquake effects – Giuseppe Mercalli Degree Rankine, temperature – William John Macquorn Rankine Réaumur, temperature – René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur Torr, pressure – Evangelista Torricelli [/B][/INDENT][/INDENT][/COLOR] |
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