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A Brief History of the Electrical Units to 1964

B W Petley

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This paper charts the history of the electrical units up to 1964: from conception through the CGS to the SI via the MKSA system. It incorporates a shortened version of IEC Publication 164 which was published in 1964.


PACS

84.37.+q Electric variable measurements (including voltage, current, resistance, capacitance, inductance, impedance, and admittance, etc.)

06.20.F- Units and standards

Subjects

Electronics and devices

Instrumentation and measurement

Dates

Issue 6 ( 1 January 1995)



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