1901-2001 Celebrating the Centenary of SI - Giovanni Giorgi´s Contribution and the Role of the IEC
STANDARD published on 1.10.2001
Designation standards: IEC GIORGI-ed.1.0
Publication date standards: 1.10.2001
The number of pages: 48
Approximate weight : 144 g (0.32 lbs)
Country: International technical standard
Category: Technical standards IEC
In October 1901, a very successful Italian scientist and engineer Giovanni Giorgi showed at the congress of the Associazione Elettrotecnica Italiana (A.E.I.) in Rome that a coherent system of units could be achieved by adding an electric unit to the three mechanical units (centimetre, gram, second) of the existing CGS system. The event can be considered as the birth of what is now known as the International System of Units, or SI.