http://On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 15:34:22 GMT, aarcuda69062
<nonelson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>In article <_qmdnZy1Fvy0C7zfRVn-uw@comcast.com>,
> Tom Adkins <newton5@remove.comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> A quick Google search found Volt-ohm-milliammeter, Volt-Ohm-Meter, and even
>> Volt-Ohm-Multimeter. Volt-Ohm-Meter seems to be a modern adaptation (dumbing
>> down?)
>> occuring about the time the DVM was introduced.
>>
>> According to "Modern Electrical Test Equipment by John F. Rider" published
>> in 1932
>> (Around the time the first multimeters were made) the tester is called "....a
>> Volt-Ohm-Milliammeter or V.O.M for short" J.F.Rider was the largest publisher
>
>I don't know if it's been necessarily "dumbed down," it's
>entirely possible that the technology commonly available in 1932
>only allowed for milli-amp measurements to be made internal to
>the meter without having to resort to using a shunt.
>(i.e., that's all they could do)
>
>Is a Fluke 87 a VOM?
>How about a Fluke 73?
>or a Blue Point MT-145?
>
>All measure milli-amps.
>They also measure up to 10 amps.
>They also measure milli-volts,
>but they're not referred to as milli-volt-ohm-milli-amp-meters.
lets check s few companies shall we
http://www.qsl.net/wa7zcz/area2/page89.html
lmfao
here is what one yankee college calls them
http://www.calaged.org/ResourceFiles/Curriculum/advcluster/2651.txt
how about this one
they have a miltary contract
were there cruise missles in 1932
neil u just soiled yourself
hey neil
ever notice u can ALWAYS measure amps with a vom?
lmfa0
SOILED AGAIN neils
dont feel bad
u been outfoxed by the red seal
AGAIN
hurc ast
relic896@hotmail.com - 28 Feb 2005 02:14 GMT
http://library.thinkquest.org/C006657/electronics/abbreviations.htm
lmfao
1932
do u have any calenders left neil?
hurc ast
aarcuda69062 - 28 Feb 2005 02:36 GMT
> dont feel bad
> u been outfoxed by the red seal
> AGAIN
Help me understand why someone who can't even manage to sign his
posts correctly has such an obsession, will ya?
Or was I right all along... ... you feel inadequate.
relic896@hotmail.com - 28 Feb 2005 02:54 GMT
>> dont feel bad
>> u been outfoxed by the red seal
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>posts correctly has such an obsession, will ya?
>Or was I right all along... ... you feel inadequate.
lmfao
your the one soiling himself
time to retire
or get a RED SEAL
lmfao
U GO GIRL
hurc ast
aarcuda69062 - 28 Feb 2005 03:15 GMT
> >Help me understand why someone who can't even manage to sign his
> >posts correctly has such an obsession, will ya?
> >Or was I right all along... ... you feel inadequate.
>
> lmfao
> your the one soiling himself
Hardly. Like your mommy told you, it was just a dream.
> time to retire
> or get a RED SEAL
Why would I want to do that?
> lmfao
> U GO GIRL
A girl who drives a Yugo is not all that remarkable, but you do
have my sympathies none the less.
relic896@hotmail.com - 28 Feb 2005 03:19 GMT
>> >Help me understand why someone who can't even manage to sign his
>> >posts correctly has such an obsession, will ya?
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>
>Hardly. Like your mommy told you, it was just a dream.
come on neil , i lost all faith in ya now
a mom joke
how lame
hope ya dident sit up all nite making it up
lmfao
hurc ast
>> time to retire
>> or get a RED SEAL
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>A girl who drives a Yugo is not all that remarkable, but you do
>have my sympathies none the less.