A name suggested for unit intensity of magnetic field. Sylvanus P.
Thomson proposed for its value the intensity of a field of 1E8 C. G. S.
electro-magnetic units. J. A. Fleming proposed the strength of field
which would develop one volt potential difference in a wire 1E6
centimeters long, moving through such field with a velocity of one
centimeter per second. This is one hundred times greater than Thomson’s
standard. Sir William Thomson suggested the intensity of field produced
by a current of one ampere at a distance of one centimeter

The gauss is not used to any extent; practical calculations are based on
electro-magnetic lines of force.