how strange, so many people from the UK of GB and the british people are rejecting their own people who have been honored with the unit names!
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 9:58 PM Subject: [USMA:20611] SI units: birthplaces of named people > Avoiding the 'nationality' issue, the following are birthplaces (if web > sources are accurate): > > Ampere - France > Kelvin - Ireland (Belfast - now Northern Ireland) > Hertz - Germany > Newton - England > Pascal - France > Joule - England > Watt - Scotland > Coulomb - France > Volta - Italy > Farad - England > Ohm - Germany > Siemens - Germany > Weber - Germany > Tesla - Croatia > Henry - USA > Celsius - Sweden > Becquerel - France > Gray - Sweden > Sievert - Sweden >
