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  1. 1787-1854. German physicist who studied
  2. electricity and discovered the fundamental
  3. law that bears his name. The SI unit of
  4. electrical resistance is named after him, and
  5. the unit of conductance (the reverse of
  6. resistance) was formerly called the mho,
  7. which is Ohm spelt backwards.
  8.