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The History of the Determination of the Ohm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2009

L. G. A. Sims
L. G. A. Sims
Affiliation:
Engineering Laboratories, University of Southampton.
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Extract

A century ago the work of laying the first Atlantic cable and the measurements which were needed of the electrical resistivity of the copper, as well as of the resistance of the cable itself, had shown the inadequacy of the resistance standards which then existed.

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Research Article
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Bulletin of the British Society for the History of Science , Volume 2 , Issue 16 , March 1957 , pp. 57 - 61
Copyright
Copyright © British Society for the History of Science 1957

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