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From: levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy)
Newsgroups: net.sci
Subject: Re: Photon - Candlepower Quetion
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Date: Sun, 10-Nov-85 00:37:22 EST
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In article <1095@mtuxo.UUCP>, 45223wc@mtuxo.UUCP (w.cambre) writes:
>How many photons are there in one candlepower?
> - Bill Cambre
>P.S.: I'm just too busy to count them today.

Is this a hoax??  I thought candlePOWER was an expression of a RATE of energy
(luminous energy put out by a light source) while photons were little packets of
energy.  It would be possible to express candlepower in photons per unit time,
but not in photons alone.  And this would depend on the wavelength(s) in the
light.
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