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FRAGE 4: How did the diesel engine or megahertz (MHz) get their names?

Tipp: Leute von gestern.

ANTWORT: Der Dieselmotor trägt den Namen von seinem deutschen Erfinder, Rudolf Diesel. Die Frequenzmaßeinheit «Megahertz» (MHz) wurde nach dem deutschen Wissenschaftler und Forscher Heinrich Hertz genannt, der der erste war, künstliche Rundfunkwellen zu erstellen. - The diesel engine bears the name of its German inventor, Rudolf Diesel. The frequency unit of measurement "megahertz" (MHz, 1 million cycles per second) was named for the German scientist and researcher Heinrich Hertz, who was the first to create artificial radio waves.

The international unit of frequency, the hertz, represents one cycle per second. It is used to measure radio, electrical, computer processor or other kinds of frequency.

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