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Article #18644Re: Crystal Question (Please forgive me)
From: Paul Dietz
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1988 15:59
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1988 15:59
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In article <3129@tekgvs.TEK.COM> keithe@tekgvs.UUCP (Keith Ericson) writes: >In article <18035@topaz.rutgers.edu> ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) writes: >> >>Frequency is measured in cycles, not cubits, bushals or yards. >>Hertz rents cars. > >Hertz may rent cars, but frequency is measured in cycles PER SECOND! According to Noah: hertz, n.; pl. hertz or hertz'es, [after Heinrich Hertz, G. physicist.] the international unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second. Using hertz rather than cycles per second is much like saying newtons rather than kg m / sec^2. 'nuff said? Paul H. Dietz ____ ____ Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering / oo \ <_<\\\ Carnegie Mellon University /| \/ |\ \\ \\ -------------------------------------------- | | ( ) | | | ||\\ "If God had meant for penguins to fly, -->--<-- / / |\\\ / he would have given them wings." _________^__^_________/ / / \\\\-
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdcad!ames!hao!gatech!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!rochester!PT.CS.CMU.EDU!SPEECH1.CS.CMU.EDU!phd From: phd@SPEECH1.CS.CMU.EDU (Paul Dietz) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Crystal Question (Please forgive me) Message-ID: <891@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> Date: 18 Feb 88 15:59:12 GMT References: <2533@crash.cts.com> <18035@topaz.rutgers.edu> <3129@tekgvs.TEK.COM> Sender: netnews@PT.CS.CMU.EDU Distribution: na Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI Lines: 22 Keywords: hertz = cycles per second