On 04/08/2019 15:41, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
at least it describes frequency properly in cycles per second ....not
some foreign blokes name...stuff Heinrich and stupid SI units
.....brexit will solve all those problems ...

The early workers in the field to whom should be given most of
the credit are long forgotten because they were celebrated
in the former c.g.s. system of units; Maxwell and Oersted.

(But I never found out who was Mr. Erg :-) )