thumb | right | Carl Friedrich Gauß in 1828, aged 50 years old The gauss (symbol: ''', sometimes Gs) is a unit of measurement of magnetic induction, also known as magnetic flux density. The unit is part of the Gaussian system of units, which inherited it from the older centimetre–gram–second electromagnetic units (CGS-EMU) system. It was named after the German mathematician and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss in 1936. One gauss is defined as one maxwell per square centimetre.
thumb | right | Carl Friedrich Gauß in 1828 aged 50 years old The gauss (symbol ''' sometimes Gs) is a unit of measurement of magnetic induction also known as magnetic flux density The unit is part of the Gaussian system of units which inherited it from the older centimetre–gram–second electromagnetic units (CGS-EMU) system It was named after the German mathematician and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss in 1936 One gauss is defined as one maxwell per square centimetre