• DocumentCode
    1407624
  • Title

    A proposal to abolish the absolute electrical unit system

  • Author

    Weber, E.

  • Author_Institution
    Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, N. Y.
  • Volume
    51
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1932
  • fDate
    4/1/1932 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    264
  • Lastpage
    264
  • Abstract
    The FUNDAMENTAL discovery that the ratio of the “absolute” electrostatic unit to the “absolute” electromagnetic unit of electric charge, predicted as velocity, was apparently identical with the velocity of light brought about an unforeseen confusion in the field of electrical units. The use of various absolute dimension systems expressing the electric and magnetic quantities by means of the three mechanical fundamental dimensions influenced the writing style of formulas and caused the introduction of arbitrary factors.
  • Keywords
    Equations; Graphics; Harmonic analysis; Induction motors; Magnetic flux; Permeability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1932.6429768
  • Filename
    6429768