[lojban] Re: [Archivist] Volts?

[Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 07:32:32PM +0200, Philip Newton wrote:
> On 5 Jun 2003 at 10:15, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> 
> > Why is there a gismu for amps but not volts?
> > 
> > I thought the gismu were intended to include all (or at least most
> > of) the standard SI units?
> 
> volt is not basic SI; it's a derived unit, while amp is basic
> (IIRC).
> 
> volt is W/A, i.e. (kg m^2) / (A s^3).

Bah.

As JWC pointed out:

1 volt = 1 kg m^2 / A s^3, so ki'ogratretrefi'uxapnidnidsnidu

I don't even think I can say that without a pause.  8)

-Robin

-- 
Me: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/  ***   I'm a *male* Robin.
"but I'm not stupid and people are not stupid who think samely with me"
-- from an actual, real, non-spam mail sent to webmaster@lojban.org
http://www.lojban.org/             ***              .i cimo'o prali .ui