[KarlInOhio]

i also like that our units are taken from the names individual scientists who did the actual science (the unit points the student to the scientist who did the science) or directly from free thinking individuals’ practical experience, or individual entrepreneurs applying their science directly to free enterprise itself (e.g., edison, tesla, etc).

The tesla is 1 kg / (ampere * s²) and is therefore a metric unit. I don't know what unit is named after Edison, but I think of metric having its derivative units named after people (and the ampere and kelvin as two of the base units).

[dadfly]

thanks karl. for me metric is more the tyranny of 10. probably a problem for me because of all the hex and binary i work in. but you know if there isn’t an official unit for edison there ought to be. one relating to light, i think.