Re: Controversial Exam Questions (WAS: R = V/I ?)

[Barlow Newbolt <NewboltW@WLU.EDU>]

He is.  I must confess that I have not looked up his writings on the
subject.    WBN

Barlow Newbolt
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"Had I been present at the creation,  I would have given
some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe."

          Alphonso X,  Learned King of Spain  (1252  - 1284)

> > > palmer@SFU.CA 05/11/00 11:18AM >>>
> I think everybody knows what is going on with a lamp filament by now,
> but now we need to decide what Ohm's Law is.  I would say that Ohm's
law
> states that a wide variety of materials have the property that their
> resistance is constant if they are held at a constant temperature.
If
> this were put to the test so that the filament of the bulb could be
kept
> at constant temperature I would suppose that its resistance would be
> well defined and very nearly constant.

I don't suppose Ohm is entitled to a say in this?

Leigh