Over here in germany it is written: I = U/R ;-) Am Freitag, 16. April 2004 01:37 schrieben Sie: > On Thursday, Apr 15, 2004, at 07:38 US/Pacific, D. Jay Newman wrote: > >> 'E' represents "Electromotive Force", 'I' represents "Intensity" of > >> the current flowing, and of course 'R' represents "resistance". > > > > I was wondering why I and E were used for current and voltage. This > > makes sense now. > > Hmm. Was the original language actually english? Ohm was german... > > BillW > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu