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SI BASE UNIT
S
Ampere
, electric current –
André-Marie Ampère
Kelvin
, thermodynamic temperature –
Lord Kelvin
SI DERIVED UNIT
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
, magnetic induction –
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Maxwell
, magnetic flux –
James Clerk Maxwell
Oersted
, magnetic field strength –
Hans Christian Ørsted
Galileo
, acceleration;
Galileo Galilei
Eotvos
, gravitational gradient;
Loránd Eötvös
No longer in use
Franklin
, electric charge –
Benjamin Franklin
OTHERS
Angstrom
, distance –
Anders Jonas Ångström
Curie
, radioactivity –
Marie
and
Pierre Curie
Decibel
(i.e. tenths of
Bel
s) dimensionless proportions and ratios, e.g. relative power levels –
Alexander Graham Bell
Degree Fahrenheit
, temperature –
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
Jansky
, flux density –
Karl Jansky
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
No longer in use
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
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