Why the L?
 

Why does L stand for inductance?

Bill

Why the L?
 

On Sunday, November 7th, 2010 at 22:00:52h +0000, Bill Wright asked:

Why does L stand for inductance?


Wikipedia suggests --

"It is customary to use the symbol L for inductance, possibly in
honour of the physicist Heinrich Lenz."

Why the L?
 

On Sun, 7 Nov 2010 22:13:11 +0000 (UTC), J G Miller
wrote:

On Sunday, November 7th, 2010 at 22:00:52h +0000, Bill Wright asked:

Why does L stand for inductance?


Wikipedia suggests --

"It is customary to use the symbol L for inductance, possibly in
honour of the physicist Heinrich Lenz."

Here is a one-page bio of Lenz:
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/heinrich-lenz-wop/

(The "wop" in that url is an abbreviation of World Of Physics.)

--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

Why the L?
 

J G Miller wrote:

On Sunday, November 7th, 2010 at 22:00:52h +0000, Bill Wright asked:

Why does L stand for inductance?


Wikipedia suggests --

"It is customary to use the symbol L for inductance, possibly in
honour of the physicist Heinrich Lenz."

How come if the Englishman Faraday invented "elastic trickery" it is
all denoted in foreign? Lenz, Ampere, Ohm and Volta.
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

Why the L?
 

In article ,
Phil Cook wrote:

How come if the Englishman Faraday invented "elastic trickery" it is
all denoted in foreign? Lenz, Ampere, Ohm and Volta.

The Farad is the unit of capacitance.

Other SI units named after Britons include the Kelvin, the Newton, and
the Joule.

-- Richard

Why the L?
 

In article , Richard Tobin wrote:
How come if the Englishman Faraday invented "elastic trickery" it is
all denoted in foreign? Lenz, Ampere, Ohm and Volta.

The Farad is the unit of capacitance.

Other SI units named after Britons include the Kelvin, the Newton, and
the Joule.

Watt about the Watt?

Rod.
--
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtual-access/

Why the L?
 

In article en.co.uk,
Roderick Stewart wrote:


Other SI units named after Britons include the Kelvin, the Newton, and
the Joule.

Watt about the Watt?

That's a Gray area.

-- Richard

Why the L?
 

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...
Why does L stand for inductance?

Because I stands for current.

--
Max Demian

Why the L?
 

On Sun, 07 Nov 2010 22:00:52 +0000, Bill Wright wrote:

Why does L stand for inductance?

Who the L knows.

Why the L?
 

"Max Demian" wrote in message
...
"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...
Why does L stand for inductance?

Because I stands for current.

--
Max Demian


why does I stand for current.