Dead Electrical Guys Re: electrical units

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Original poster: dave pierson <davep-at-quik-dot-com> 

Alessandra Volta, IIR.  Frog lrgs.

Georg Ohm

Andre (?) Ampere.

Quick, name the magnetic Field Unit...
    8)>>

I am pretty sure the Coulomb was defined ex post facto (last)
as 'volt' etc are of 'great antiquity'.

I suspect google search would resolve these  8)>>

best
dwp
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>Original poster: "Jim Mitchell" <electrontube-at-sbcglobal-dot-net>
>Most were named after the discoverer  Ohm was another electrical person.
>
>Regards - Jim Mitchell
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> > Original poster: Thomas <tom-at-pwrcom-dot-com.au>
> >
> >  >I have no idea where the Volt came from, or the Ampere, for that matter.
> > I suspect they were totally arbitrary.
> >
> > Good question. This is all I remember:
> >
> > One Ampare is one Coulomb of charge flowing past a point per second.
> >
> > A volt is the EMF required to force one Ampare through one Ohm.
> >
> > Now... was the Coulomb (6.25 x 10^18 electrons) defined first and if so
>how?
> >
> > And the Ohm?