Thanks to a private posting from John "Kilopascal", I can now produce a revised list of the birthplaces of the scientists who have been honored by having metric units named after them.
Germany: Ohm, Hertz, Siemens, Weber, Gauss, R�ntgen France: Amp�re, Pascal, Coulomb, Becquerel, Poisson Scotland: Kelvin, Watt, Maxwell, Napier, Bell England: Newton, Joule, Faraday, Stokes, Gray Italy: Volta, Galileo, Fermi, Torricello Sweden: Celsius, Sievert, �ngstr�m USA: Henry, Jansky Croatia: Tesla Poland: Curie Denmark: Oersted
John has pointed out to me that Pierre Curie collaborated with his wife Marie Curie, and that they did their work In France. However, I think it was she who received the Nobel Prize. A similar problem arises with Bell. Although he was born in Scotland, Canada and the USA quarrel over where he invented the telephone. Certainly he made the first long distance telephone call in Canada, although he made the first telephone call in his house in Boston. -- Joseph B. Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 Telephone 416-486-6071
