Table of Physical Units

This table contains links to definitions of physicalquantities, phenomena, and units,primarily in the International System of Units ( SI )and the meter-kilogram-second ( MKS ) system.
Base Units
Quantity or phenomenon
(and symbol) Standard International unit
(and symbol) Alternate units
(and symbols)

displacement ( d ) meter (m) centimeter (cm)
foot (ft)

mass ( m ) kilogram (kg) gram (g)

time ( t ) second (s or sec) hour (h or hr)
mean solar day (dy)
solar year (yr)

current ( I ) ampere (A) statampere (statA)
abampere (abA)

temperature ( T ) kelvin (ºK or K) degree Celsius (ºC or C)
degree Fahrenheit (ºF or F)
degree Rankine (ºR or R)

amount of substance ( /TERM> mole (mol) --

luminous intensity
( B or L ) candela (cd) --

Derived Units
Quantity or phenomenon
(and symbol) Standard International unit
(and symbol) Alternate units
(and symbols)

area ( A ) meter squared (m 2 ) centimeter squared (cm 2 )
circular mil
foot squared (ft 2 )

volume ( V ) meter cubed (m 3 ) centimeter cubed (cm 3 )
foot cubed (ft 3 )

material density ( D ) kilogram per meter cubed
(kg/m 3 or kg · m -3 ) gram per centimeter cubed
(g/cm 3 or g · cm -3 )

specific volume meter cubed per kilogram
(m 3 /kg or m 3 · kg -1 ) centimeter cubed per
gram
(cm 3 /g or cm 3 · g -1 )

amount of substance concentration mole per meter cubed
(mol/m 3 or mol · m -3 ) --

force ( F or F )

weight newton (N) dyne (dyn)
pound (lb)

impulse ( I or I ) newton-second (N · s) dyne-second (dyn · s)

work ( w ) newton-meter (N · m) dyne-centimeter (dyn · cm)

pressure ( P ) pascal (Pa) dyne per centimeter squared
(dyn/cm 2 or dyn · cm -2 )

speed ( s )

velocity ( v or v ) meter per second
(m/s or m · s -1 ) centimeter per second
(cm/s or cm · s -1 )

momentum ( p or p ) kilogram-meter per second
(kg · m/s or kg · m · s -1 ) gram-centimeter per second
(g · cm/s or g · cm · s -1 )

acceleration ( a or a ) meter per second squared
(m/s 2 or m · s -2 ) centi meter per second squared
(cm/s 2 or cm · s -2 )
gravity (g)

current density ampere per meter squared
(A/m 2 or A · m -2 ) ampere per centimeter squared
(A/cm 2 or A · cm -2 )

electromotive force (emf)

voltage ( V or E ) volt (V) statvolt (statV)
abvolt (abV)

resistance ( R ) ohm statohm
abohm

conductance ( G ) siemens (S) statsiemens (statS)
absiemens (abS)

electric field strength ( E ) volt per meter
(V/m or V · m -1 ) microvolt per meter
(µV/m or µV · m -1 )

electric flux density ( D ) coulomb per meter squared
(C/m 2 or C · m -2 ) coulomb per centimeter squared
(C/cm 2 or C · cm -2 )

electric charge density coulomb per meter cubed
(C/m 3 or C · m -3 ) coulomb per centimeter cubed
(C/cm 3 or C · cm -3 )

permittivity farad per meter
(F/m or F · m -1 ) picofarad per meter
(pF/m or pF · m -1 )
microfarad per meter
(µF/m or µF · m -1 )

power ( P ) watt (W) horsepower (hp)
statwatt (statW)
abwatt (abW)

energy ( E ) joule (J) erg (erg)
watt hour (Wh)
kilowatt hour (kWh)

heat ( h ) calorie (cal) kilocalorie (kcal)
British thermal unit (Btu)

magnetomotive force ( M ormmf) ampere-turn (AT) gilbert (G)

charge quantity ( Q ) coulomb (C) statcoulomb (statC)
abcoulomb (abC)
faraday

capacitance ( C ) farad (F) statfarad (statF)
abfarad (abF)

inductance ( L ) henry (H) stathenry (statH)
abhenry (abH)

magnetic flux weber (Wb) maxwell (Mx)

magnetic flux density tesla (T) gauss (G)

magnetic field strength ( H ) ampere per meter
(A/m or A · m -1 ) oersted (Oe)

permeability ( µ ) henry per meter
(H/m or H · m -1 ) microhenry per meter
(µH/m or µH · m -1 )

electromagnetic field strength watt per meter squared
(W/m 2 or W · m -2 ) microwatt per meter squared
(µW/m 2 or µW · m -2 )

radiant intensity watt per steradian
(W/sr or W · sr -1 ) --

luminous flux lumen (lm) --

luminance candela per meter squared
(cd/m 2 or cd · m -2 ) candela per centimeter squared
(cd/cm 2 or cd · cm -2 )

illuminance lux (lx) watt per meter squared
(W/m 2 or W · m -2 )

plane angular measure radian (rad) angular degree (deg or º)
solid angular measure steradian (sr) angular degree (deg or º)
angular speed

angular velocity radian per second
(rad/s or rad · s -1 ) degree per second
(deg/s or deg · s -1 )

angular acceleration radian per second squared
(rad/s 2 or rad · s -2 ) degree per second squared
(deg/s 2 or deg · s -2 )

ionizing radiation becquerel (Bq) curie (cu)

absorbed ionizing radiation dose gray (Gy) rad (rad)

frequency ( f ) hertz (Hz) kilohertz (kHz)
megahertz (MHz)
gigahertz (GHz)
terahertz (THz)

wavelength meter (m) centimeter (cm)
millimeter (mm)
micrometer (µm or µ)
nanometer (nm)
Angström (Å)

wave number reciprocal meter (m -1 ) --

data quantity bit (b)
byte (B) kilobit (kb)
megabit (Mb)
gigabit (Gb)
terabit (Tb)
petabit (Pb)
exabit (Eb)
kilobyte (KB)
megabyte (MB)
gigabyte (GB)
terabyte (TB)
petabyte (PB)
exabyte (EB)

bandwidth (signal) Hertz (Hz) kilohertz ( kHz )
megahertz ( MHz )

bandwidth (data transfer rate) bit per second ( bps ) kilobit per second
(Kbps)
megabit per second
(Mbps)
gigabit per second
(Gbps)
character per second
(cps)

Years and English Literary work

1066 1500 Middle English Period.
1200 1521 Shakespeare’s Historical Plays
1304 1374 Petrarch
1338 100yrs war started
1340 1400 Chauser
1399 1413 Henry IV
1453 Fall of constantinople by Turk
1469 Malory”s , Mort d Arthur
1485 Mort De Arther printed by Caxton
1499 New Learning
1521 Reformation in England.
1535 Bible by Miles Caverdale
1553 Wilson’s art Rhistoric
1554 Robert Fellow first presented longiness on the publishing in the year
1559 1634 Chapman
1562 Gorbuduc, First tragedy by Sackville and Norten
1568 Rogers Aschams’s School Masters came out
1572 1631 John Donne
1573 The Adventures of Master FJ by George Gaswigns
1575 1626 Cyril Tourner, Rivengers tragedy and atheist tragedy
1575 1634Marston
1578 Euphues by Lily
1579 Stephen Gosson’s attack on poetry
1579 The Shepherd’s Calendar by Spencer
1580 Montaign published his French essays translated in 1603
1581 1613 Overbury
1594 1639 Thomas carew published his poems 1640
1595 The Defence of Poessy and Apology for poetry
1597 Ecclasiatical poetry by Richard Hookers came out
1597 The first edition of Becon’s Essay published
1599 Every man out of his humour by Ben Johnson cameout
1599 Samuel Daneal was Poet of Lauretty
1599 Shoemaker’s Holiday by Thomas Dekker
1601 1613 Four Books of Airs by Thomas Campion
1601 Satire of the progress of the soul by Donne
1603 Sejanus – a tragedy by Seganus
1603 The Wonderful Year by Dekker
1604 All Folls Comedy of Humours by Chapman
1604 James I closed the society of Anquarians
1604 The Honest Whore by Thomas Dekker



1604 The Malcontent Comedy by Marsten
1606 John Lylu died
1608 Character of virtue and vices by Joseph Hall
1609 Epicone or Silent Woman – a play by Johnson
1610 The Alchemist by Ben Johnson came out
1610 Psudo Martyre- an anti catholic work by Donne
1611 Catiline – a tragedy by Benjohnson
1611 Philaster by Fletdher
1611 The authorized version of Bible came out
1612 The White Devil by Webster
1613 The Dutches of Malfi a play by Webster
1614 Bartholomow Fair by Ben Johnson appeared
1614 Sir Thomas Overbury’s Character appeared(83 essays)
1620 1706 John Evelyn a diarist
1621 Anatomy of maloncholy by Barton
1621 Aryens- a prose romance by John Bercley
1622 The first regular news paper The Weekly New published
1623 The Spanish Gypsy by Middleton
1623 The witch
1624 Donnes’s Devotion on emergent occation- a religious work




1625 1650 The oldage of Renaissance
1625 The final edition of Becon’s Essay published(58 essays)
1625 Thomas Middleton
1628 Microcosmographic by John Earice
1631 1700 Dryden
1631 Donne died
1632 1637 Hortons poems by Milton
1632 Prynne attacked the stage
1633 1703 Samuel Pepys a diarist
1633 Histio Mastix by William Prynne
1633 The Temple by Herbert appeared
1637 Le Cid by Comeille (Remarkable classical play)
1641 Star chamber abolished
1642 Coopers Hill by John Denham
1642 Civil war between Stuert King and Parliament
1642 Religio Medici by Brown
1642 Theators closed in Engliand
1643 Religio Medici by Sir Thomas Brown
1646 The step to the Temple by Donne
1647 Licencing Act checked the freedom of speech
1647 Noble Numbers by Herrick
1648 Hesperidas by Herrick
1648 Hesperides composed by Herrick
1649 Charls I exicuted
1649 The Saint Everlastin Rost by Robert Baxtor
1650 First part of Silex Scientillance Poem by Vaugham
1650 Marsells’s Horation ode came out
1651 1685 The Orphan by Thomas Catway
1651 Leviathan by Hobbs
1655 Second of Silex Scientillance Poem by Vaugham
1658 Cromwell died
1660 The theotre reopened
1660 Aretina/ The serious romance by Mackenzie
1660 Charls II came to throne
1660 Essay of Project by Defoe
1660 Royal Society founded
1660 The restoration of monarchy took place
1663 Hudibras by Buttlers appeared
1664 1677 Dryden”s plays
1664 Comical Revenge of Love in a Tub by (4 Plots) by Etherge
1664 Katheren’s poems appeared
1664 The comical revenge of Love in tub – a play by Etherege came out
1664 The Rival Ladies- a Tragi comedy by Dryden
1665 Pandion and amphiginia by John Crown
1666 Plague and Fire in London
1667 Annus Mirablis- poems by Dryden
1667 Paradise Lost cameout (12books)
1667 The Indian Empress by Dryden
1668 Dramatic Poesy by Dryden
1668 Essay on Dramatic Poesy by Dryden
1668 Jeremy Collier attacked the stage
1668 Pope was born
1668 Shi would if she could by Ethers
1669 The conquest of Granada –a play by Dryden
1671 Love in a wood by Wycherly
1673 Marriage a La mode – a comedy by Dryden
1673 The Empress of Moroca- a play by Elkana Settle
1673 The Rehearsal by George Villiers
1674 Nathanial Lee – a play by Nero
1675 Alcibides by Otways
1675 Aurangazebe – a play by Dryden
1675 The Country Wit – a play by Wycherly
1676 The Man of Mode by Etherge
1677 The Rivan Queen y by Nathaniel Lee
1678 Pilgrims Progress by Buniyan
1678 Thomas Rhymer’s Critical Work
1680 The Orphan came out by Dryden
1680 The Wigs and The Tories
1681 Absolom and achitophel poetic satire by Dryden
1682 A Poetic Satiric The Medel by Dryden
1682 Mac Fleckno by Dryden
1682 The didactic poems
1682 Venese Preserved by Otway
1687 Principia published
1687 The Hind and the Panther by Dryden came out
1688 Bloodless Revolution
1689 Burry Fair by Shadwell
1689 The Bill of Right
1690 Essay concerning human understanding by John Lock
1690 Essay Concerning Hymn Understanding by John Lock
1692 A short view of tragedy by Rhymer
1692 Incognito- a novel by Congreve
1693 The Double Dealer by Etherge
1696 Oroonoko- ablank verse tragedy by Behn
1702 The first daily The Daily Courant began
1703 The Fair Penetent by Nicholas Bowe
1765 John’s observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth
1775 1834 Charls Lamb
1775 1864 Thomas De Qinzy
1778 1826 William Huzlitt
1798 Lirical Ballads by Collerige and Wordsworth
1802 John Woodwill published by Lamb
1804 The phrase Art for art sake coined
1807 Tales from Shakespear by Lamb and Mary Lamb
1808 1819 Lectures on Shakespear and other poets by SD Colleridgd
1812 1870 Chals Dickens
1816 On Translating Homer by Arnold
1817 Biographia Literaria by Colleridge
1818 1848 Emily Bronte
1820 Thomas Love Peacok’s Attack on Poetry cameout ( Four Ages of Poetry)
1821 Shelly’s Defence on Poetry published in 1840
1822 Dissertation upon roast pig by Lamb
1823 Essays of Elia by Lamb first published
1828 1900George Merdith
1833 Essays of Elia second series published by Lamb
1838 Oliver Twist by Dickens
1839 Nicholas Nicklbye by Dickens
1840 1928 Thomas Hardy
1840 Hard Times for these times by Dickens
1846 The Prisoner published by Emily
1847 Wuthering Heights published by Emily
1850 Devid copper field by Dickens
1853 Bleak House by Dickens
1857 Little Dorrit by Dickens (Unreformed civil service)
1859 Tales of Two Cities by Dickens
1860 Great Expectations by Dickens
1871 Desperate Remedy – a novel published by Hardy
1874 Fare from the madding crowd published by Hardy
1878 The Return of the Native published by Hardy
1885 Walter peter’s Maria’s Epicuria appeared
1886 The Mayor of Cater Bridge published by Hardy
1891 Tess of the D’ubervilles published by Hardy
1893 Pater’s study of Plato – Plato and Platonism appeared
1893 Plata and platonium by Pater
1895 Jude the obscure – a novel published by Hardy
1904 Shakesperian Tragedy byAC Bradly
1909 Futurism was founded
1912 Herbert Grierson brought out an edition of Donnes poems
1927 The Aspect of The Nover by Foster
1930 John Masefield was made Poet Laurettee
1930 Pink poets emerged
1948 Age of Anxiety by Auden cameout
1950 Angry youngman
1954 Lord of the Flees by William Goldings
1956 The Davidies publishedby Cowly
1960 Post Modernism came in
1975 Sexual Politics by Kate Millet
1984 Ted Hughs by poet Lauretty
1986 The Old Devils won Booker prise by Kingsly Amis
1999 Andrew Motion was made Poet Laurettee
1999 Beowulf translated by Semus Heany






1812 1870 Chals Dickens
1838 Oliver Twist by Dickens
1839 Nicholas Nicklbye by Dickens
1840 Hard Times for these times by Dickens
1850 Devid copper field by Dickens
1853 Bleak House by Dickens
1857 Little Dorrit by Dickens (Unreformed civil service)
1859 Tales of Two Cities by Dickens
1860 Great Expectations by Dickens
1818 1848 Emily Bronte
1846 The Prisoner published by Emily
1847 Wuthering Heights published by Emily

1828 1900George Merdith
1840 1928 Thomas Hardy
1871 Desperate Remedy – a novel published by Hardy
1874 Fare from the madding crowd published by Hardy
1878 The Return of the Native published by Hardy
1886 The Mayor of Cater Bridge published by Hardy
1891 Tess of the D’ubervilles published by Hardy
1895 Jude the obscure – a novel published by Hardy