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Hadn't heard of "mho" for conductivity, is that from when Bourne worked with electronics? :) I would oppose a unit that starts with a prefix symbol (m=milli=0.
by unwind 4y ago
Hadn't heard of "mho" for conductivity, is that from when Bourne worked with electronics? :)
I would oppose a unit that starts with a prefix symbol (m=milli=0.001) on principle.
- exmadscientist 4y ago> I would oppose a unit that starts with a prefix symbol (m=milli=0.001) on principle. The unit name isn't usually important. I think you're talking about the symbol? That's "℧", which has its own problems. But at least it's in Unicode now! Altogether I think the "℧" caused much less trouble than the "S" has. "S" is just stupid... as evidenced by this whole subthread. And, yes, I have read datasheets wrong because of this. Thanks, 14th CGPM!
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- aaronmdjones 4y ago> I would oppose a unit that starts with a prefix symbol (m=milli=0.001) on principle The fundamental SI unit of mass is the kilogram (kg).
- pwg 4y agoWikipedia dates the mho to 1883 and Lord Kelvin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mho#Mho https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mho#Mho