On Tue, 16 Jul 2002 15:20:10 Joseph B. Reid wrote: >Ma Be wrote in USMA 21151: > >>The post below got me thinking... I know we tried to get some discussion >>started here on this topic, rpm, but I'd like to see this issue revisited >>and hopefully come up with some consensus on this. >> >>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... > >Can Marcus suggest where one can buy a revolution counter graduated in radians? >... ?? First of all, I haven't committed to defend ANY of the options I offered above. Second of all, evidently *regardless* of the option chosen it's fair to say that one would have to change instruments (obviously...) and one or both of these may not be available anywhere yet.
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