Scientific Units Named After Inventors
| Scientist / Inventor | Unit | Measures |
|---|---|---|
| Alessandro Volta | Volt (V) | Electric potential & electromotive force |
| Alexander Graham Bell | Decibel (Db) | Ratio |
| Anders Celsius | Degree Celsius (°C) | Temperature |
| Anders Jonas Ångström | Ångström (Å) | Distance |
| André-Marie Ampère | Ampere (A) | Electric current |
| Antoine Henri Becquerel | Becquerel (Bq) | Radioactivity |
| Blaise Pascal | Pascal (Pa) | Pressure |
| Carl Friedrich Gauss | Gauss (G Or Gs) | Magnetic flux density |
| Charles Francis Richter | Richter Magnitude | Earthquake |
| Charles-Augustin de Coulomb | Coulomb (C) | Electric charge |
| Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit | Degree Fahrenheit (°F) | Temperature |
| Enrico Fermi | Fermi (Fm) | Distance |
| Evangelista Torricelli | Torr (Torr) | Pressure |
| Galileo Galilei | Galileo (Gal) | Acceleration |
| Georg Simon Ohm | Ohm (Ω) | Electrical resistance |
| George Gabriel Stokes | Stokes (S Or St) | Kinematic viscosity |
| Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield | Hounsfield Scale | Radio density |
| Gordon Dobson | Dobson Unit (Du) | Atmospheric ozone |
| Hans Christian Ørsted | Oersted (Oe) | Magnetic field strength |
| Heinrich Barkhausen | Bark Scale | Psychoacoustical scale |
| Heinrich Rudolf Hertz | Hertz (Hz) | Frequency |
| Henry Darcy | Darcy (D) | Permeability |
| Irving Langmuir | Langmuir (L) | Gas exposure dose |
| James Clerk Maxwell | Maxwell (Mx) | Magnetic flux |
| James Prescott Joule | Joule (J) | Energy, work, heat |
| James Watt | Watt (W) | Power & radiant flux |
| Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille | Poise (P) | Dynamic viscosity |
| Jean-Baptiste Biot | Biot (Bi) | Electric current |
| John Dalton | Dalton (Da) | Atomic mass |
| Joseph Henry | Henry (H) | Inductance |
| Karl Jansky | Jansky (Jy) | Electromagnetic flux |
| Loránd Eötvös | Eotvos (E) | Gravitational gradient |
| Lord Kelvin | Kelvin (K) | Thermodynamic temperature |
| Marie Curie and Pierre Curie | Curie (Ci) | Radioactivity |
| Michael Faraday | Farad (F) | Capacitance |
| Nikola Tesla | Tesla (T) | Magnetic flux density |
| Peter Debye | Debye (D) | Electric dipole moment |
| Samuel Pierpont Langley | Langley (Ly) | Solar radiation |
| Sir Isaac Newton | Newton (N) | Force |
| Theodor Svedberg | Svedberg (S Or Sv) | Sedimentation rate |
| Thomas Hunt Morgan | Centimorgan (Cm) | Recombination frequency |
| Werner von Siemens | Siemens (S) | Electrical conductance |
| Wilhelm Eduard Weber | Weber (Wb) | magnetic flux |
| Wilhelm Röntgen | Röntgen (R) | X-rays or gamma radiation |
| William Gilbert | Gilbert (Gb) | Magnetomotive force |
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