OHM SWEET OHM

by Dr. James D. Livingston

 

Free electrons of course have ability
To move to and fro with agility
But despite being swift
If there's no net drift
It's a clear exercise in futility

Yet all of this random activity
Gives a metal a special proclivity
To amperes provide
When volts are applied
With a property called conductivity

So a fellow named Ohm with felicity
Dreamed up a law of great simplicity
V equals I R
Is what made Ohm a star
It's the basic law of electricity


Georg Ohm
1789-1854

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drift velocity, Ohm's Law (applet) , Ohm's Law (lecture), Georg Ohm biography

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