[USMA:24969] Metric units named after scientiests

[Joseph B. Reid]

Thanks to comments from Pat Naughtin (USMA 24957 & 24960) and Bill
Potts (USMA 24958) I will now rephrase my list of scientists after
whom metric units have been named.
	Country   SI base units  SI derived units & Non-SI units used with SI

        Germany:                 Ohm, Hertz, Siemens, Weber
        France:    Amp�re        Pascal, Coulomb, Becquerel
        Scotland:  Kelvin        Watt. Napier, Bell
        England:                 Newton, Joule, Faraday, Gray
        Italy:                   Volta
        Sweden:                  Celsius, Sievert, �ngstr�m
        USA:                     Henry
        Croatia:                 Tesla
	Country		Non-SI metric units

        Germany:        Gauss, R�ntgen
        France:         Poisson
        Scotland        Maxwell
        England         Stokes
        Italy:          Galileo, Fermi, Torricelli
        USA:            Jansky
        Poland:         Curie
        Denmark:        Oersted
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