Russell, On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 19:35:51 +1200, Russell McMahon wrote: > If you're aware of Faraday and Edison and Tesla, and maybe even > Marconi, Baird, Esaki and Yuda, but the name Weston doesn't have much > details attached, this fascinating letter written by an aging Weston > employee in 1990 may excite enough interest to prompt you to find out > more about the man Well stone me! We had Weston Standard Cells in the physics lab at school, I've had a Weston Master exposure meter for decades, and the electricity meter in my house is from Sangamo Weston - I never realised they were all the same Weston! Thanks Russell - a highly educational item... Cheers, Howard Winter St.Albans, England -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist