Hi Wagner,

> their discoverer's names as Hz for Hertz, V for
> Voltaire, H for Henry

The volt is named after Alessandro Volta, who
published details about the first working battery in
1800.

(I don't think Voltaire was involved at all in
electronics...)

Later,

Eric

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