SI base units Ampere, electric current – André-Marie Ampère Kelvin, thermodynamic temperature – Lord Kelvin SI derived unit Becquerel, radioactivity – Henri Becquerel Degree Celsius, temperature – Anders Celsius Coulomb, electric charge – Charles-Augustin de Coulomb Farad, capacitance – Michael Faraday Gray, absorbed dose of radiation - Louis Harold Gray Henry, inductance – Joseph Henry Hertz, frequency – Heinrich Rudolf Hertz Joule, energy, work, heat – James Prescott Joule Newton, force – Isaac Newton Ohm, electrical resistance – Georg Ohm Pascal, pressure – Blaise Pascal Siemens, electrical conductance – Werner von Siemens Sievert, radiation dose equivalent – Rolf Sievert Tesla, magnetic flux density – Nikola Tesla Volt, electric potential, electromotive force – Alessandro Volta Watt, power, radiant flux – James Watt Weber, magnetic flux – Wilhelm Eduard Weber Centimeter-gram-second system of units Gauss, magnetic induction – Carl Friedrich Gauss Maxwell, magnetic flux – James Clerk Maxwell Oersted, magnetic field strength – Hans Christian Orsted No longer in use Franklin, electric charge – Benjamin Franklin Others Angstrom, distance – Anders Jonas Ångström Bel, relative power level – Alexander Graham Bell Curie, radioactivity – Marie and Pierre Curie Degree Fahrenheit, temperature – Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit Jansky, flux density – Karl Jansky Neper, relative power level – John Napier Poise, viscosity – Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille Röntgen, dosage of X-rays or gamma radiation – Wilhelm Röntgen Stokes, viscosity – George Gabriel Stokes Svedberg, sedimentation rate – Theodor Svedberg No longer in use Degree Rankine, temperature – William John Macquorn Rankine Réaumur, temperature – René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur Torr, pressure – Evangelista Torricelli Also see conversion of units List of standards topics Lists of people
