The harmonic mean is the special case of the power mean and is one of the Pythagorean means. In older literature, it is sometimes called the subcontrary mean. The volume-to-surface area ratio for a cylindrical container with height and radius and the mean curvature of a general surface are related to the harmonic mean.
The name SMITH is probably the most common of all surnames. The only names that give it any competition for this title would be Jones and Johnson. The most widely accepted derivation of the name is from the Anglo-Saxon SMITAN and the Germanic verb âSmioanâ meaning to smite or strike.
Smith was born in Kirkcaldy, in the County of Fife, in Scotland. His father, also Adam Smith, was a Scottish Writer to the Signet (senior solicitor), advocate, and prosecutor (Judge Advocate) and also served as comptroller of the Customs in Kirkcaldy.dam Smith (16 June 1723 NS. â 17 July 1790) was a Scottish moral philosopher, pioneer of political economy, and a key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment. Smith is best known for two classic works: The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776).