electro-Physics: 17.3409 volts

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From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Fri Dec 10 12:39:50 2004

> I saw yesterday a claim that the 60Hz in the US was a Tesla invention,
> but the info didn't elaborate on why he chose that figure if so...

It was chosen to be very close to the NTSC vertical sync rate
of 59.94 Hz. :-)
Received on Fri Dec 10 2004 - 12:39:50 GMT

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