 ... a farad. The Ampere = the current driven through one ohm by one volt. A milliampere is the thousandth part of an ampere. The Coulomb — the quantity of electricity given by one ampere in one second. The Joule — the energy expended in one second...  Physics - Page 269by Charles Riborg Mann, George Ransom Twiss - 1905 - 449 pagesFull view - About this book
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...take as the practical unit 10,000,000 ergs per second, ie one joule per second (see § 203, p. 147). This unit is called the watt, in honor of James Watt. The power of dynamos and electric motors is almost always expressed in kilowatts, a kilowatt representing... | |
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...ohms Volts = amperes X ohms volts Ohms = amperes 96. The watt is the electrical unit of power, and is the power of a current of one ampere under a pressure of one volt. This unit of power is equal to one joule per second and is approximately 1 .'746 of a horsepower. The kilowatt... | |
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...the practical unit 10,000,000 ergs per second ; that is, one joule per second (see § 126, p. 115). This unit is called the watt, in honor of James Watt. The power of dynamos and electric motors is almost always expressed in kilowatts, a kilowatt representing... | |
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...take as the practical unit 10,000,000 ergs per second ; that is, one joule per second (see § 163). This unit is called the watt, in honor of James Watt. The power of dynamos and electric motors is almost always expressed in kilowatts, a kilowatt representing... | |
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