Scientific Units Named After Inventors
The following table illustrates the list of scientific units, which are exclusively named after their inventors/discovers −
| Scientist/Inventor |
Unit |
Measures |
| André-Marie Ampère |
ampere (A) |
Electric current |
| Lord Kelvin |
kelvin (K) |
Thermodynamic temperature |
| Antoine Henri Becquerel |
becquerel (Bq) |
Radioactivity |
| Anders Celsius |
degree Celsius (°C) |
Temperature |
| Charles-Augustin de Coulomb |
coulomb (C) |
Electric charge |
| Alexander Graham Bell |
decibel (dB) |
Ratio |
| Michael Faraday |
farad (F) |
Capacitance |
| Joseph Henry |
henry (H) |
Inductance |
| Heinrich Rudolf Hertz |
hertz (Hz) |
Frequency |
| James Prescott Joule |
joule (J) |
Energy, work, heat |
| Sir Isaac Newton |
newton (N) |
Force |
| Georg Simon Ohm |
ohm (Ω) |
Electrical resistance |
| Blaise Pascal |
pascal (Pa) |
Pressure |
| Werner von Siemens |
siemens (S) |
Electrical conductance |
| Nikola Tesla |
tesla (T) |
Magnetic flux density |
| Alessandro Volta |
volt (V) |
Electric potential & electromotive force |
| James Watt |
watt (W) |
Power & radiant flux |
| Wilhelm Eduard Weber |
weber (Wb) |
magnetic flux |
| Jean-Baptiste Biot |
biot (Bi) |
Electric current |
| Peter Debye |
debye (D) |
Electric dipole moment |
| Loránd Eötvös |
eotvos (E) |
Gravitational gradient |
| Galileo Galilei |
galileo (Gal) |
Acceleration |
| Carl Friedrich Gauss |
gauss (G or Gs) |
Magnetic flux density |
| William Gilbert |
gilbert (Gb) |
Magnetomotive force |
| James Clerk Maxwell |
maxwell (Mx) |
Magnetic flux |
| Hans Christian Ørsted |
oersted (Oe) |
Magnetic field strength |
| Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille |
poise (P) |
Dynamic viscosity |
| George Gabriel Stokes |
stokes (S or St) |
Kinematic viscosity |
| Anders Jonas Ångström |
ångström (Å) |
Distance |
| Heinrich Barkhausen |
Bark scale |
Psychoacoustical scale |
| Thomas Hunt Morgan |
centimorgan (cM) |
Recombination frequency |
| Marie Curie and Pierre Curie |
curie (Ci) |
Radioactivity |
| John Dalton |
dalton (Da) |
Atomic mass |
| Henry Darcy |
darcy (D) |
Permeability |
| Gordon Dobson |
Dobson unit (DU) |
Atmospheric ozone |
| Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit |
degree Fahrenheit (°F) |
Temperature |
| Enrico Fermi |
fermi (fm) |
Distance |
| Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield |
Hounsfield scale |
Radio density |
| Karl Jansky |
jansky (Jy) |
Electromagnetic flux |
| Samuel Pierpont Langley |
langley (ly) |
Solar radiation |
| Irving Langmuir |
langmuir (L) |
Gas exposure dose |
| Wilhelm Röntgen |
röntgen (R) |
X-rays or gamma radiation |
| Charles Francis Richter |
Richter magnitude |
Earthquake |
| Theodor Svedberg |
svedberg (S or Sv) |
Sedimentation rate |
| Evangelista Torricelli |
torr (Torr) |
Pressure |
