Amazing. I really have to get caught up, technologically. <g>
Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of James R. Frysinger >Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 14:47 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:25931] Re: Systems of Units > > >On Wednesday 2003 June 04 17:18, Bill Potts wrote: >.... >> Of those, the abfarad is the most amazing (and useless), considering that >> the biggest capacitors barely make it into the millifarad range. As I >> remember, 1 F is the approximate capacitance of the Earth. > >I've got a few 1 F capacitors sitting on the shelf in my demo >equipment room. >Each of them is smaller than a hockey puck. > >Jim > >-- > >James R. Frysinger >Lifetime Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist >Senior Member, IEEE > >http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Office: > Physics Lab Manager, Lecturer > Dept. of Physics and Astronomy > University/College of Charleston > 66 George Street > Charleston, SC 29424 > 843.953.7644 (phone) > 843.953.4824 (FAX) > >Home: > 10 Captiva Row > Charleston, SC 29407 > 843.225.0805 >
