Re: Definition of a Farad

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• Subject: Re: Definition of a Farad
• From: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-jpl.nasa.gov> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 19:40:49 -0600
• Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

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> From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: Definition of a Farad
> Date: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 6:34 PM
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> Original Poster: "Eric Davidson" <edavidson-at-icva.gov> 
> 
> 
> Im hard pressed to think of an electrical unit whos name is NOT derived
from
> a physicists name...Volta, Ampere, Ohm, Hertz, Farad, Tesla, Oersted,
Gauss,
> Watt, Joule, Maxwell,  etc... Maybe Mho, but thats Ohm backward....any
> suggestions?
> 
> Eric
> edavidson-at-icva.gov
> 

To be a bit picky... Watt was an engineer, not a physicist.

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