"Electromotive force" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Electrical Governor—A new apparatus for preserving a constant electromotive force with ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 • Various
... gramme, second, and this system is briefly designated by the letters C., G., S. The practical units, the ohm and the volt, will retain their present definitions; the ohm is a resistance equal to 10^{9} absolute unities (C., G., S.), and the volt is an electromotive force equal to 10^{8} absolute unities (C., G., S.). The practical unit of resistance (ohm) will be represented by a column of mercury of 1 square mm. in section at the temperature of 0 deg.C. An international commission will be charged with ascertaining ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 312, December 24, 1881 • Various |
