[Boatanchors] Re: [From Your Hallicrafters Reflector] FS: Heathkit, Hallicrafters, HP, National, TenTec and More

[J Forster]

Nope. It was adopted in the 1970s when units were reorganized into the SI
system. See:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertz

Best,
-John

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Al Klase wrote:

> My suspicion is, that because Heinrich Hertz was German, the unit of
> measurement was not adopted into English until the unpleasantness of WWI
> and WWII was resolved.
>
> Al
>
> Mike wrote:
> > Well actually Hertz had been invented by then but he called
> > em cycles too! I think. Maybe?

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