2003-02-23
Here is some info you requested:
Nikolai Tesla:
Lebenslauf von Nikolai Tesla. 1856 Am 10. Juli wird
Nikola
Tesla in Smiljan/Kroatien geboren.
Tesla in Smiljan/Kroatien geboren.
Rolf Maximilian Sievert:
Rolf Maximilian Sievert was born in Stockholm on May 6,
1896. He was the son of the entrepreneur Max Sievert. After his matriculation in
Stockholm 1914 he continued his studies at the Karolinska Institutet and at the
Royal Institue of Technology in Stockholm, and obtained a Master of Science
degree at Uppsala university in 1919. His PhD degree was obtained in 1932 with
the thesis titled "Eine metode zur messung von r�ntgen-, radium- und
ultrastrahlung nebst einige untersuchungen �ber die anwendbarkeit derselben in
der physik und der medizin. Mit einem anhang enthaltend einige formeln und
tebellen f�r die berechnung der intensit�tsverteilung bei
gamma-strahlungsquellen". The same year he became associate professor in medical
physics at Stockholm University.
Karl Guthe Jansky:
Is theis the Jansky you were referring to? If it is,
he is American born, not from Jugoslavia.
Karl Guthe Jansky was born in Norman Oklahoma October 22,
1905 (d.Feb.14, 1950), graduated with a degree in physics from the University of
Wisconsin, and joined the staff of the Bell Telephone Laboratories in Holmdel,
NJ, in 1928.
Anders J�ns �ngstr�m:
(1814-1874)
Ironically, �ngstr�m, a chaplain's son, was born
August 13, 1814 in L�gd� (Medelpad), Sweden during a solar
eclipse.
Louis Harold Gray:
Louis Harold Gray, only child of a London family, grew up in poor
surroundings.
I take it from the statement on the page, that would mean
Gray was born in london
This from Rowlett says that gray was British, not
American
Hans Christian �rsted:
F�dt: 14. August i 1777 i K�benhavn
D�d: 9. Marts i 1851 i K�benhavn
D�d: 9. Marts i 1851 i K�benhavn
Curie:
Maria (Marie Fr.) Sklodowska-Curie (born in Warsaw, Poland, on
November 7, 1867) was one of the first woman scientists to win worldwide fame,
and indeed, one of the great scientists of this century. She had degrees in
mathematics and physics. Winner of two Nobel Prizes, for Physics in 1903 and for
Chemistry in 1911, she performed pioneering studies with radium and polonium and
contributed profoundly to the understanding of radioactivity.
Wouldn't Curie be French too? Even tough Madam curie
was Polish, her husband Pierre was French. And her work and discoveries
were done in France and not Poland. Also, didn't they work as a
team?
Also, check out this interesting site:
Hope all of this info was helpful.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, 2003-02-23 19:05
Subject: [USMA:24926] Names of metric
units
of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World &
Everything in It" by Arthur Herman, ISBN 0-609-80999-7. The led me to
check Scotland's contribution to science as evidenced by the metric
units thay have been named after Scots. I found the following
countries as birthplaces of these scientists:
Germay: Ohm, Hertz, Siemens, Weber, Gauss, R�ntgen
France: Amp�re, Pascal, Coulomb, Becquerel, Poisson
Scotland: Kelvin, Watt, Maxwell, Napier, Bell
Enmgland: Newton, Joule, Faraday, Stokes
Italy: Volta, Galileo, Fermi, Torricello
Sweden: Celsius, Sievert, �ngstr�m
USA: Henry, Gray
Jugoslavia: Jansky, Tesla
Poland: Curie
Denmark: Oersted
I have been unable to verify the birthplaces of Sievert, �ngstr�m,
Gray, and Oersted; and I do not know from what component parts of the
erstwhile Jugoslavia that Jansky and Tesla came from.
--
Joseph B. Reid
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Toronto M5P 1C8 Telephone 416-486-6071
