Metric essay

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In a message dated 6/9/99 8:13:27 PM, parkert at geocities.com writes:

>I seem to remember that the amp was defined by the force generated by an
>electromagnet? Not totally sure on this one.
>
>This is the limit of my metrology knowlege. I'm going to shut up now...

In the old days an Amp was one Coulomb per Second of electric charge and this 
was measured by electrochemical deposition of metals that could be weighed to 
see how many Moles .......

Charlie Springer