[Boatanchors] Why L?

[Reed Park]

Rolynn Prechtl K7DFW wrote:

> A search was uneventful.
>
> One source stated that the letter "I" had already been claimed for current
> and "L" was selected as a second choice.

That's what my tech school instructor said also, but offered
no reason for "L".

> Possibly L was chosen because inductance deals with Lines and also the
> current Lags, but that is only my guess.

Hmm, not all the time. Remember ELI the ICE man ?

Voltage leads current in an inductive circuit.
Current leads voltage in a capacitive circuit.

Man, now that is going back into my deep dark past in the
days of yesteryear at tech school.

> Luckily the quantity is Henry for Joseph Henry (1797-1878).
>
> K7DFW

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Reed

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