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From: kinsman@ektools.UUCP (Andrew A. Kinsman)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: 50 Hz in Europe... Was the decision political?
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Date: 12 Dec 89 17:50:47 GMT
Sender: kinsman@ektools (Andrew A. Kinsman)
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	I was wondering if anybody on the net had any historical
	information on why Europe is 50Hz?  Did the standards
	for each country get set at the same time?  Was it
	political, to keep our products from interfering in their
	market place?  Thanks for any information.  


Andrew Kinsman         rutgers!rochester!kodak!ektools!kinsman
Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y. "Little Yellow Box Factory"