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American physicist who studied electromagnetic phenomena (1791-1878)

English chemist who studied the quantities of gas absorbed by water at different temperatures and under different pressures (1775-1836)

English chemist who studied the quantities of gas absorbed by water at different temperatures and under different pressures (1775-1836)

The unit of electric induction; the induction in a circuit when the electro-motive force induced in this circuit is one volt, while the inducing current varies at the rate of one ampere a second.

The unit of electric induction; the induction in a circuit when the electro-motive force induced in this circuit is one volt, while the inducing current varies at the rate of one ampere a second.

A unit denoting the self-induction in a circuit when the inducing current varies at the rate of r ampere a second, the electromotive force induced being 1 volt.

Elec. The unit of inductance; named from Joseph Henry, American physicist (1797 - 1878).