Re: the kan

["Roger A. Pruitt" <phrp@fhsu.edu>]

Leigh Palmer wrote:
> > Woke up this morning with the thought that the fundamental unit of charge
> > should be called the "kan" with
> >
> >                 1 kan = 1.6 x 10^-16 coulomb
> >
> > Guess it must be the last day of the quarter.
>
> I think John knows that the unit is already taken. The kan is said
> to be the unit of humility, appropriate to measure that quantity in
> civilized human beings.
>
> Leigh
I once heard that Robert Millikan was such a publicity hound and self
promoter that some wag once suggested that the unit of publicity be
named the "kan." Since this was such a large unit, most people would
only qualify for a "millikan" of publicity.

Roger
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