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PrintArticle looks at the International Congress of Electricians' meeting in Chicago in August 1893, where they assigned names to eight different units for measuring electricity. The unit for measuring induction was named the "henry," for Joseph Henry. The author describes the meanings of each unit of measurement along with the chief discoveries of their namesakes, devoting the longest discussion to the work of Joseph Henry. He describes Henry's development of a powerful electromagnet, his independent discovery of electromagnetic induction, his becoming the first to discover self-induction, and a number of related discoveries. He also addresses the work of English physicist Michael Faraday, whose electrical research paralleled Henry's.
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The Atlantic Monthly Vol. 73, Issue 439 (Journal)
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1894
Number of pages: 10; Page numbers: 605-614