Re: coulombs and amps

["Paul Camp" <pjcamp@coastal.edu>]

This method was due to Faraday and is discussed marginally in Arons' 
book and in more detail in most intro chemistry books.

> 	This is stricltly from memory, so I'll not get into detail.
> 	A major 19th century industry was electroplating.  If you know
> some chemistry and valence stuff, you can relate the amount of material
> deposited to the amount of charge carried.  This led to an early definition
> of the coulomb, and an accurate (pre-Millikan) estimate of the charge
> on the electron.  Old chemistry books (or encyclopedias) can give you
> more detail.
> 				Regards,
> 					Jack

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