[time-nuts] SI Unit Problems
Jim Lux
jimlux at earthlink.net
Tue Apr 5 15:51:21 UTC 2011
On 4/5/11 8:25 AM, Brooke Clarke wrote:
> Hi:
>
> Just reading at:
> http://futureboy.us/frinkdata/units.txt
>
> First about the candela and all it's problems, then what's a Time Nut
> issue "Hz ".
>
> // This means that, if you follow the rules of the SI,
> // 1 Hz = 1/s = 1 radian/s which is simply inconsistent and violates
> basic
> // ideas of sinusoidal motion, and is simply a stupid definition.
>
actually 1/s (= Hz) = 2*pi rad/sec
BTW, if anyone is confused, I have a handy direct reading graph
published by HP a few decades ago to assist engineers in converting from
cycles per second to Hertz. I'll see if I can scan it and attach it
later. I know I really should have mentioned this last Friday.
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