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Show ELECTRICAL NAMESIn NAMES NA1\IES NA1 IES NAMESIn \ In no other industry have the names of its ploneers pioneers ploneerstaken pioneerstaken pioneerstaken taken such a prominent promment place in its nomenclature as.m asin as asm -m m .m in . - the electrical industry mdustry Most of the terms used indesignating indesI in indesignating - -designating designating - desI natiog electrical electncal units are derived denved from the thenames thenames thenames names of early physicists and im inventors entors , whose v w . worklaid ork orklaId orklard laId lard the foundation for the 'electrical electrical ' age " The unit umt of electric power po\'er po 'er er \ ' is theatt the \ watt \\att att , named namedfor namedfor namedfor for James Watt , the Scottish inventor , who lived livedfrom livedfrom livedfrom from 1736 to 1819The 1819The 1819 1819The The volt , unit umt o of or pressure , is named for Count Count.Al1esandro CountAllesandro CountAllesandro .Al1esandro Al1esandro Allesandro . Volta , Italian physicist , who made the thefirst thefirst thefirst first electric battery and lived from 1745 to 1827The 1827The 1827 1827The The ampere , unit umt of stiength strength , for the French FrenchelectrICIan Frenchelectrician Frenchelectrician electrICIan , Antdre tdre Maria Marla Marra Ampere , 17751836The 17751836The 1775-1836 1775 1836 17751836The - The ohmiurit ohm . , ' unit 111ut of resistance reslstance , for the German - - " . - "electrician electrician George Simon Ohm . , 1784.1854 17841854 1784-1854 1784 1854 1784.1854The " 841854 . - . electrician 17841854the ; ? .The The for the Englishphscist English Englishphvscist EnglishThe The farad , unit of capacity , phvscist phscist physcist } , Michael Faraday , 17911867The 17911867The 1791-1867 1791 1867 17911867The - Americanph Americanphysicist American Americanphysicist for the inductance , The henry , unit of ph physicist sicist , Joseph Henry , 17971878Of 17971878Of 1797-1878 1797 1878 17971878Of - and andits andits andits Of these terms the most familiar is the watt , its multiple , the kilowatt , which is 1,000 1000 , watts , or theequivalent tile the tileequJvalent theequivalent horsepos horsepOVoer horse- horse horsepower - one-third one third and - equJvalent equivalent of approximately one pos power pOVoer cr , . , of r th themysterious the themysterious * IAIt It is fitting that the early investigators should shouldbe shouldbe shouldbe mysterious forces of electricity and magnetism v.hich vhich which v.hichhas whichhas . whichhas be immortalized in the nomenclature of an art of at man man- mankinQ mankind mankind - has contributed so much , to the well-being well being - whose future possibilities possibilitICS seem almost almostI almostliiniU almostlimi almost'limitless almostlimitless I kind kinQ , , and ' . limi liiniU . ttess ss I |