henry

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

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Definition

noun a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
noun English chemist who studied the quantities of gas absorbed by water at different temperatures and under different pressures (1775-1836)
noun a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799)

Named after American scientist Joseph Henry (1797–1878).

Henry Holt & Co., 1878. — From Chaucer to Tennyson: With Twenty-Nine Portraits and Selections from Thirty Authors, Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers
"The name?" piped Henry Parsons. — Antony Gray,—Gardener, LM (Leslie Moore)
“Sir Henry Haughton raves about me. — The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition, Rudyard Kipling

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