Unit Systems and Dimensions

Authors

T. Proctor HallFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

The three fundamental units of the C. G. S. system are reduced to two when the unit of mass is defined as the quantity of matter which, by its gravitational force, produces at unit distance unit acceleration; and these two to one when the unit of time is defined as the time taken by an ether wave one centimeter long to advance one centimeter. A table is given showing the dimensions of units in each of these three systems, and the advantages of the latter are pointed out.

Publication Date

1895

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Sciences

Volume

3

Issue

1

First Page

45

Last Page

45

Copyright

©1895 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Hall, T. Proctor (1895) "Unit Systems and Dimensions," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 3(1), 45-45.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol3/iss1/11