Marcus wrote in USMA 21151: >I feel quite strongly that rpm is also another... "idiocy" we could do >without (sorry, couldn't find a better adjective for it). If we are to >think of this property as "periodical" we could certainly think of >replacing it with Hz (or a prefixed "version" of it, like cHz or mHz). If >we think of "rotational speed" (in angular form) then we'd be talking >about this in rad/s, I'd think.
It is easy to chang rpm into rev/s. x rpm = x/60 rev/s. To change rev/s into rad/s is more difficult. y rev/s = 2�y rad/s. Joseph B.Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071
