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!


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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
>

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