At 15:00 -0700 01/04/22, Bill Potts wrote:
>By the way, I seem to remember that someone had the full list, by
>nationality (Dennis? Joe? Jim?). It might make a good addition to SI
>Navigator (when I finally find the time -- still unpacking from our move).
>If not, I can put it together myself.
Below is *my* list (those are units mentioned in the BIPM brochure,
1997 edition, and 2000 supplement. This explains why H. U. Sverdrup,
Norway, is not included). I would appreciate corrections or additions
:
United Kingdom : 9
Michael Faraday (1791-1867)
Stephen Gray (1666-1736)
James Prescott Joule (1818-1889)
William Thomson lord Kelvin (1824-1907)
James Clark Maxwell (1831-1879)
John Neper (or Napier) (1550-1617)
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
George Gabriel Stokes (1819-1903)
James Watt (1736-1819)
Germany : 6
Karl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855)
Heinrich Rudolph Hertz (1857-1894)
Georg Simon Ohm (1787-1854)
Wilhelm Conrad R�ntgen (1845-1923)
Werner von Siemens (1816-1892)
Heinrich Martin Weber (1842-1913)
France : 6
Andr�-Marie Amp�re (1775-1836)
Antoine Henri Becquerel (1852-1908)
Charles de Coulomb (1736-1806)
Marie Curie (1867-1934)
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Jean-Louis Poiseuille (1799-1869)
Sweden : 3
Anders Jonas �ngstr�m (1814-1874)
Anders Celsius (1701-1744)
Rolf Maximilian Sievert (1898-1966)
Italy : 3
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
Alessandro Volta (1745-1827)
Evangelista Toricelli (1608-1647)
USA : 3
Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922)
Joseph Henry (1797-1878)
Karl Guthe Jansky (1905-1950)
Denmark : 1
Hans Christian �rsted (1777-1851)
Croatia : 1
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)
Please note that of this total of 32 names, there is only one female
(OK, a French lady), but "her" unit was replaced in 1975 by the
becquerel (OK, a French physicist). A case for the womenlib movement ?
Louis
