Yeah, I know I'm an old geezer. My floor-length white beard sometimes stands in the way of progress.
But sometimes progress ain't progress.
Anyone here remember when the unit of conductivity, the Siemens, was called the "mho" (backwards ohm)?
Now, Mr. Siemens was a fine feller, I'm sure. I just got back from Taiwan, and had the delight of riding the high-speed rail all over the island....built by Siemens. (The railroad, that is...not the island. I think the island was there first.) Siemens is actually the largest hardware manufacturer in the world right now, and probably deservedly so.
But I'm not sure what Mr. Siemens did that was worthy of stealing that perfectly good term, the mho....after a hundred years of mho-ing
Why is the mho mo' better? It's simple. With mo' mho, you have mo' electricity! Easy to remember!
Anyone old enough to remember the corner drug store tube tester will remember the mho. The "goodness" of a tube (transconductance) was measured in micromhos.....said it right there on the meter. Never saw a tube tester with "microSiemens" on it.
So....I will continue to mho....cuz it's mo' better.
Now you know.
Eric
But sometimes progress ain't progress.
Anyone here remember when the unit of conductivity, the Siemens, was called the "mho" (backwards ohm)?
Now, Mr. Siemens was a fine feller, I'm sure. I just got back from Taiwan, and had the delight of riding the high-speed rail all over the island....built by Siemens. (The railroad, that is...not the island. I think the island was there first.) Siemens is actually the largest hardware manufacturer in the world right now, and probably deservedly so.
But I'm not sure what Mr. Siemens did that was worthy of stealing that perfectly good term, the mho....after a hundred years of mho-ing
Why is the mho mo' better? It's simple. With mo' mho, you have mo' electricity! Easy to remember!
Anyone old enough to remember the corner drug store tube tester will remember the mho. The "goodness" of a tube (transconductance) was measured in micromhos.....said it right there on the meter. Never saw a tube tester with "microSiemens" on it.
So....I will continue to mho....cuz it's mo' better.
Now you know.
Eric