Re: electrical units

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Original poster: "Shaun Epp" <scepp-at-mts-dot-net> 


See below.

Shaun


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 > Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com>
 >
 >
 > Suggested reading:
 >
 > A History of Physics   by Florian CaJori
 >
 > Dr. Resonance
 >
 >  >
 >  >  >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?
 >  >

The Ohm was a unit determined by Mr. Ohm and the symbol was choosen to
resemble his mustache.   ;-))

 >  > Tom L.
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
Shaun