Thanks, Louis. Not just comprehensive, but quick too! <g> Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Louis JOURDAN > Sent: April 23, 2001 01:14 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:12393] Re: Letter in Telegraph > > > 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 > >
