At 10:18 2/11/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi Wagner,
>
>> their discoverer's names as Hz for Hertz, V for
>> Voltaire, H for Henry
>
>The volt is named after Alessandro Volta, who
>published details about the first working battery in
>1800.
>
>(I don't think Voltaire was involved at all in
>electronics...)
>

The question is what electronics.
It seems that A. Volta is said to be the farther of the battery, but
perhaps not. There has been the occasional (And not very well documented)
unearthing of Roman goodies that appear to be batteries is clay pots.

Dennis



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>Eric
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