[Hallicrafters] vibrator how it works

[K6JEK]

Isn't it actually this:

We measure current in amps
We measure potential in volts
We measure frequency in Hertz.

The difference is those other units were named  before we were born  
and  the unit for frequency was named after we were born.  That and  
we still capitalize Hertz.  Sooner or later there will be a  
hertzmeter.  By then the name will be so ingrained that like the  
others, we'll forget that it came from someone's name and we'll say  
that we measure amps in amps, volts in volts and hertz in hertz.

I wonder if the unit for Internet search speed will be the Google,  
the Brin, the Page, or maybe, just maybe the Cerf.

Jon

On Apr 16, 2007, at 8:35 AM, Edward B Richards wrote:

> Hi Gary;
>
> You measure amps in amps, you measure volts in volts. you measure  
> ohms in
> ohms. you measure frequency in Hertz.  I have a voltmeter, an  
> ammeter and
> an ohmmeter. I have never seen a Hertzmeter, have you?  Do you see the
> difference?
>
> Ed K6UUZ
>
> On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 23:58:40 -0500 "Gerry Steffens"  
> <gsteffens at pitel.net>
> writes:
>> Come on guys, you both know better.
>>
>> Ampere just got its name longer ago so folks now think it is a base
>> unit, it
>> isn't.  Ampere is just like hertz.
>>
>> 1 ampere = 1 coulomb per second where coulomb is the base unit of
>> electric
>> charge
>>
>> 1 hertz  = 1 cycle per second
>>
>> I can imagine the discussion long, long ago:  "I shan't use that new
>> fangled
>> term ampere and God knows not that abhorrent abbreviation amp."
>>
>> I tend to agree cps is more descriptive but using that terminology
>> will get
>> many guffaws at any sort of technical meeting or in any technical
>> paper.
>> The IEEE (Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers will not
>> publish a
>> paper written with the so called obsolete terminology.
>>
>> Welcome to being a fellow dinosaur.
>>
>> Cheers from Minnesota,
>>
>> Gerry
>>
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