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IF the E.S.U. system is to be retained, Dr. E. A. Guggenheim's suggestion1 that the unit of electrical charge in this system should be called the “franklin” has much to commend it. But why retain the E.S.U. system? The object of the M.K.S. system is to replace three existing ones, with their cumbersome conversion factors, by one single system which meets all practical requirements.
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KAPP, R. Names of Electrical Units. Nature 149, 111–112 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149111b0
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