----- Original Message ----- From: "David Rayner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2001-04-24 04:20 Subject: Re: Fw: [USMA:12409] Fw: [ukma] Fw: Re: Letter in Telegraph One of the Siemens was first president of the IEE in the great days of British Engineering From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ukma discussion list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Fw: [USMA:12409] Fw: [ukma] Fw: Re: Letter in Telegraph Date sent: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 23:30:15 -0400 Send reply to: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, 2001-04-23 21:46 > Subject: Re: [USMA:12409] Fw: [ukma] Fw: Re: Letter in Telegraph > > > John Kiloopascal in USMA 12409 quoted Chris who reported that > > >> On Mon, 23 Apr 2001 11:36:34 +0100, Mark wrote: > >> > >> Sir Charles William Siemens was a German-born British engineer! > >> > >> Mark Halsall > > > > There were two Siemens brothers. Both worked in the field of > elctro-magnetism, although they also had other interests. Ernst Werner von > Siemens was co-founder of the electrical firm Siemens und Halske. His > younger brother, Karl Wilhelm, moved to England where be became a Fellow of > the Royal Society and Sir William Siemens. The two brothers collaborated > closely. Werner proposed that the standard of electrical resistance should > be a column of mercury of 1 m in length and 1 mm2 in cross section. For > that reason I think that the siemens is named after Werner, although both > worked on submarine cables and electrical generators and motors. Sir > William received honorary degrees from the universities of Oxford, Glasgow, > Dublin, and W�rzburg. > > Joseph B. Reid > 17 Glebe Road West > Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071 > > > > > #>- Subscription Options; -<# > #>- http://list.to/srv/SubOpt?id=_3rQpacvqSYvNhJDvn+mX/tgOkIUHgoax?= -<# > > UK Metrication Association > http://www.metric.org.uk > Messages posted on the list should not be reproduced without permission. > Mailinglist WWW Archive; > http://list.to/srv/WebArchive?id=_y+MuWw+gZOn1ZWUJ6zhcYw= > > Advertisement; > Baby Boxers - fashion over-nappy wear for trendy babies. > http://www.stampsau.com.au/baby_box.html > > > Best Regards David Rayner MSc CEng MIEE Technical Director Provecta-Online =================================== tel 020 7381 0707 fax 0870-131-6345 http://uk.multimap.com/p/browse.cgi?pc=SW66SE Customer Quote : Our e-commerce revenue has tripled since Provecta-Online re-designed our Website
