Sir W. Thomson, et al. (1873) "First report of the Committee for the Selection and Nomenclature of Dynamical and Electrical Units,"Report of the 43rd Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (Bradford, September 1873), p. 222-225. From p. 223: "The "ohm," as represented by the original standard coil, is approximately 10⁹ C.G.S. units of resistance; the "volt" is approximately 108 C.G.S. units of electromotive force; and the "farad" is approximately 1/10⁹ of the C.G.S. unit of capacity."
