Re: electrical units

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Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

The Coulomb might derive from the mass electroplated in some metal (silver?)
It might also derive from a Coulomb balance.

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 > Original poster: Thomas <tom-at-pwrcom-dot-com.au>
 >
 >  >I have no idea where the Volt came from, or the Ampere, for that matter.
 > I suspect they were totally arbitrary.
 >
 > Good question. This is all I remember:
 >
 > One Ampare is one Coulomb of charge flowing past a point per second.
 >
 > A volt is the EMF required to force one Ampare through one Ohm.
 >
 > Now... was the Coulomb (6.25 x 10^18 electrons) defined first and if so
how?
 >
 > And the Ohm?
 >
 > Tom L.
 >
 >