Re: American vs British amps

["Andrew H. Litkowiak" <andylit@covad.net>]

Dave Massey wrote:
> Message text written by "Terry"
> 
>>Accounting for the difference is, of course, that electrons are bigger in
> 
> Europe, and go left-to-right instead of right-to-left like they do in
> China.
> <
> 
> That's because Europe still uses the original electron invented by Enrico
> Galvani in Italy.  Here in the US, not being burdened by tradition like our
> European bretheren, took advantage of the latest technological advances in
> manufacturing and adopted the newer, downsized electron.
> 
> And the recipe is not passed down from father to son like in Europe.

I thought Galvani was the father of Galvanized steel. Didn't his brother Martin 
have something to do with the dry cleaning industry?