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Scientists and Units

December 3rd, 2007

Tags: Science · Time and Place

Today we use many units that were actually once the surnames of eminent scientists… examples from this site includes a list of units scientists and engineers use everyday

A ampere André Ampère
C  coulomb Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
°C degree Celsius  Anders Celsius
F  farad  Michael Faraday
Gy  gray Louis Harold Gray
H  henry Joseph Henry
Hz  hertz Heinrich Rudolf Hertz
J  joule James [...]

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