> > Original Poster: Christopher Michaelis <cmichael-at-xmission-dot-com> > > Where did the word Farad itself come from? > In other words, why was it called Farad and not something else? Michael Faraday was a pioneering physicist. See: volt, amp, watt, ohm, coulomb, joule, henry, hertz, curie, farenheit, kelvin, newton, tesla and other physical measurements. wells