Re: Tesla vs gauss, and other obscure units

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From: Henry Spencer
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 1989 02:43

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In article <30542@buckaroo.mips.COM> vaso@mips.COM (Vaso Bovan) writes:
>For bonus points, explain why the CGS electromagnetic unit of capacitance
>is the gigafarad.

Now *there's* a filter capacitor!
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Subject: Re: Tesla vs gauss, and other obscure units
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