[time-nuts] SI Unit Problems

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-Brian, WA1ZMS

On Apr 5, 2011, at 11:51 AM, Jim Lux <jimlux at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 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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