Re: Abbreviations, continued

[rkathren@tricity.wsu.edu (Ron L. Kathren)]

Rege --

Sorry to take so long to get back to you on this, but I was out of the
office for a week. 1. The abbreviation for the rutherford was rd.  It was a
unit that was favored for a time by the old National Bureau of Standartds,
but never quite caught on.  2.  Yes, Brodsky did say that 10e6 was a magic
number albeit in a different context.  But you know that anything Brodsky
(my old graduate advisor!) says I must disagree with, even if I agree.  One
of these days he'll revoke my degree!

Ron

PS  HAven't been through the rest of the e-mail for the week -- hope I'm not
duplicating what others have said.

R



At 01:45 PM 8/7/98 -0500, Regis_A._Greenwood@FirstEnergyCorp.com wrote:
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>Ah Yes Ron, but what was the abbreviation for the Rutherford, equaling ten
>to the sixth disintegrations per second. This has always been an
>interesting quantity for two reasons.
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>1. It is the right size, not as unwieldy as a Curie, not as ridiculously
>small as a Becquerel.
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>2. Al Brodsky said ten to the sixth is a magic number in Health Physics.
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>Rege
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