Chris in USMA 12369 quoted a letter in the Sunday Telegraph which said: >The International Standard (SI) system of measurement acknowledges the >contribution made by British scientists by having three key units >named after individuals, namely Watt (power), Joule (energy) and >Newton (force). Can we raise our sights above kilograms (mass) and >metres (length) and get away from the notion that a foreign system of >units is being foisted upon us? The above list of British scientists who have SI units named after them is incomplete. It full list includes Gray, Faraday, and Kelvin. The cgs system included units named after Maxwell and Stokes. Britain, with 8 metric units named after its scientists, has had more metric units named after its scientists than any other country. Joseph B. Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071
