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Article #3557Tesla vs gauss, and other obscure units
From: Vaso Bovan
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1989 08:22
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1989 08:22
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In article <851@ariel.unm.edu> ee5391aa@hydra.unm.edu.UUCP (Duke McMullan n5gax) writes: > >Consider this one: how many hams and other electronikers do you know who pro- >nounce dB dee-bee, and how many of them actually know it means decibel? Then, >how many of them have ever heard of a bel? For the real joker, how many of 'em >know what a bel is? It's a lot easier (IMHO) to explain bels than decibels. >Think again: how often do you see something rated in tens of decibels, rather >than bels? WHY? > The bel is of rather recent vintage, 1923 [ A Dictionary of Scientific Units, 4th Ed., Chapman & Hall, 1980]. This source contains the statement that "in continental Europe, the neper is used instead of the bel." Is this true, European readers ?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!bionet!ames!vsi1!wyse!mips!vaso From: vaso@mips.COM (Vaso Bovan) Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.ham-radio Subject: Tesla vs gauss, and other obscure units Message-ID: <30339@buckaroo.mips.COM> Date: 30 Oct 89 08:22:07 GMT References: <1914@sactoh0.UUCP> <28601@buckaroo.mips.COM> <1989Oct29.174631.12960@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1989Oct29.224736.2838@utzoo.uucp> <851@ariel.unm.edu> Reply-To: vaso@mips.COM (Vaso Bovan) Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 13