Re: spark length vs. power input

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Original poster: "Stephen Conner by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <steve-at-scopeboy-dot-com>

At 11:30 09/06/03 -0600, you wrote:
Last summer, at least, I bought things like candy and vegetables by the 
pound in England.  I understand, though, that there is a legislative move 
afoot to require shopkeepers to post prices per kg, and to conduct 
transactions in metric units.

It's true! Foodstuffs in Britain are now sold by the pound _or_ by the 
kilogram. Shops have to quote both by law. The engineering trades, and 
school maths, physics, and so on, have used S.I. units at least since I was 
at school. Tesla coiling seems to be totally in English units (bizarrely 
the English call them 'Imperial' units) throughout the world, so you won't 
find me claiming spark lengths of 790mm any time soon.

Steve C.