A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

WATT

Fri, 20 Mar '26
British engineer James
Sun, 28 Dec '25
Bit of power
Sun, 30 Nov '25
"W" on a light bulb
Sat, 11 Oct '25
Engineer who supposedly found inspiration while tending to a boiling kettle
Wed, 6 Nov '24
Unit of power
Wed, 3 Jan '24
Power unit
Sat, 8 Jul '23
J.J. or T.J. of the N.F.L.
Wed, 8 Sep '21
Unit commonly following "40," "60," "75" and "100"
Tue, 13 Jul '21
Electrical unit
Mon, 15 Mar '21
Light bulb unit