Origin and adoption as an SI unit. The watt is named after James Watt for his contributions to the development of the steam engine. The unit was recognized by the Second Congress of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in 1889.
The Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) is a benthopelagic fish of the family Gadidae, widely consumed by humans. It is also commercially known as cod or codling. Dry cod may be prepared as unsalted stockfish, as cured salt cod or clipfish.
The cod is a cold-water species that is distributed on the continental shelves and in the coastal waters of the northern North Atlantic. The range extends from the Bay of Biscay and the Baltic Sea to the Barents Sea, around Iceland, along the southern Greenland and along Newfoundland to North Carolina in North America.he cod is a cold-water species that is distributed on the continental shelves and in the coastal waters of the northern North Atlantic. The range extends from the Bay of Biscay and the Baltic Sea to the Barents Sea, around Iceland, along the southern Greenland and along Newfoundland to North Carolina in North America.