[BC] Hertz

[Mario Hieb, P.E.]

Actually, James Clerk Maxwell predicted the existence of radio waves and 
described them precisely. His contemporaries thought he was nuts, and he 
died relatively young. Einstein called Maxwell the greatest scientific mind 
of the 19th century.

Hertz did the first lab experiments many years later and confirmed 
Maxwell's theory.

A "Maxwell" is a unit of magnetic field density: Gauss/square centimeter. 
Pretty obscure.

Mario


At 11:53 AM 7/6/2005, you wrote:

>Message: 18
>Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 11:52:42 -0400
>From: "Hershberger, Dave" <DHershberger at axcera.com>
>Subject: RE: [BC] To Hz or not to Hz? (WAS:WLW--500 kW?)
>To: "'Broadcast Radio Mailing List'" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
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> >
> > Curious... why deny credit to Heinrich Hertz, who discovered
> > these "Hertzian
> > Waves", by not using his name as the designator for
> > frequency? It's considered
> > standard nomenclature. Why the "rebellion"?
> >
> > Willie...
> >
>
>Many years ago I read a delightful tongue-in-cheek essay about the
>megahertz/megacycle controversy. The author suggested that since Hertz
>basically abandoned his research on wireless after discovering the
>phenomenon, that the honor should instead go to Charles Proteus Steinmetz, a
>brilliant electrical engineer who worked with AC systems. The suggested
>abbreviation for the unit of frequency would be "CPS," Steinmetz's initials.
>A megacycle would be a MCPS, a kilocycle a KCPS, etc.
>
>I am glad to see that John V. is honoring Steinmetz in this way. :)
>
>Dave Hershberger
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