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Week of July 19, 2020

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In many technical arenas, standard units are named for pioneers in that field. In electricity:

Sunday

The volt, the unit for electric potential, is named for Italian physicist Alessandro Volta.

Monday

The watt, the unit for mechanical and electrical power, is named for Scottish engineer James Watt.

Tuesday

The amp or ampere, the unit for electric current, is named for French physicist André-Marie Ampère.

Wednesday

The ohm, the unit for electric resistance (and impedance), is named for German physicist Georg Simon Ohm.

Thursday

The hertz, the unit for frequency (of one cycle per second), is named for German physicist Heinrich Hertz.

Friday

The siemens, the unit for electrical conductance, is named for either German engineer / inventor William Siemens, or his brother Werner von Siemens.

Saturday

The coloumb, the unit for electric charge, is named for French military engineer Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.