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== History ==
The origins of dimensional analysis have been disputed by historians.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Macagno |first=Enzo O. |year=1971 |title=Historico-critical review of dimensional analysis |journal=Journal of the Franklin Institute |volume=292 |issue=6 |pages=391–340 |doi=10.1016/0016-0032(71)90160-8}}</ref><ref name="Martins 1981">{{Cite journal |last=Martins |first=Roberto De A. |year=1981 |title=The origin of dimensional analysis |journal=Journal of the Franklin Institute |volume=311 |issue=5 |pages=331–337 |doi=10.1016/0016-0032(81)90475-0}}</ref> The first written application of dimensional analysis has been credited to [[François Daviet de Foncenex|François Daviet]], a student of [[Lagrange]], in a 1799 article at the [[Turin]] Academy of Science.<ref name="Martins 1981" />
This led to the conclusion that meaningful laws must be homogeneous equations in their various units of measurement, a result which was eventually later formalized in the [[Buckingham π theorem]].
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