Everyone was taught that until sometime in the 70's (I think) when the powers that be decided to honor Mr. Siemens and get rid of the inverse spelling of Ohm (Mho). This was probably about the time Megacycles became unfashionable and were replaced with MegaHertz in honor of Heinrich Hertz. -Ray > > >Where I went to school, we were taught inverse of Ohm is Mho. (Seriously). > >IMHO. > >Abhijit. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu