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The watts were named after James Watt... actually I'mm lieing :)
The watt, named after James Watt.
the unit of electrical power named after scottish inventor of steam engine is Watt ( the electrical power ) and the iinventor was James Watt
One of his major contribution is on the study of power, e.s.p, the unit of power is named after him.
The guy that descovered the formula for power (work/time = power) had the last name "watt"AnswerIn SI, compound units are frequently given special names. For example, the coulomb is a special name given to an ampere second.Power is the rate at which energy is supplied and, so, its compound unit is the joule per second. Under SI, this is given the special name, 'watt', in honour of a Scottish engineer, James Watt.
james watt is remembered for measuring the power of his steam engine: his test with a strong horse resulted in his determination that a "horsepower"was 550 foot-pounds per second. The unit of power in the metric system is called the watt; one horsepower equals 746 watts.
He did a lot of steam engine work, and since they are sources of power, it is fitting that a power unit is named after him. Pretty much, a way to honor him.
James Watt measured electrical power
The SI unit of power, the watt, is named after James Watt, for his contributions to the development of the steam engine. The symbol for watts is a capital W. The watt is a derived unit, equal to 1 joule of energy per second, a rate of conversion of energy. In electricity, 1 watt is 1 ampere at 1 volt (watts = amps X volts).
The unit of power in the S.I. system (the most commonly used metric system) is the "Watt", named after British physicist James Watt. One Watt is a rate of energy transfer of one Joule per second.
The watt was named after James Watt. The term watt in electric appliances refers the rate at which energy is generated or consumed and therefore is measured in units (e.g. watts) that represent energy per unit time. An example; when a light bulb with a power rating of 100W is turned on for one hour, the energy used is 100 watt hours (The watt second is a unit of energy, equal to the joule).
James Watt (19 January 1736 - 25 August 1819).