The Standard Electrical Dictionary

1. B. A. Unit of Resistance

   The original ohm used under that name previous to 1884. The Paris committee of that year recommended as a practical unit what is known as the legal ohm. (See Ohm, Legal.)   1  Legal Ohm                 =  1.0112      B. A. Units of Resistance.   1  B. A. Unit of Resistance  =   .9889      Legal Ohms.   1  B. A. Unit of Resistance  =   .98651E9   C. G. S. units.