Scott Clauss wrote in USMA 9484: >If you add the quasi-SI units of talbot, bel and neper you pick up two more >Brits and another American. I suspect the talbot has something to do with William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877) who was one of the pioneers of photography. >Quick what metric derived, but not SI, unit is named after a woman? I suggest the curie, nanmed after the Poliah Marie Curie, n�e Sklodowska. >And on a off topic, what is the difference between British and English? I >suppose they used to swing swords at each other because of the distinction, >but in America at least in modern times the distinction has faded. I suppose the term British would be appropriate for events after 1707 when the Scottish parliament was abolished and Scotland started to send MPs to the parliament of Westminster.
