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  1. University of Southampton, UK

    H. G. Jerrard BSc, PhD, FInstP (Reader in Physics, Formerly Professor of Physics) & D. B. McNeill (Formerly Senior Lecturer in Physics)

  2. Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma, USA

    H. G. Jerrard BSc, PhD, FInstP (Reader in Physics, Formerly Professor of Physics)

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Jerrard, H.G., McNeill, D.B. (1986). A. In: A Dictionary of Scientific Units. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4111-3_3

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