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Date Posted: 08:22:53 04/17/11 Sun
Author: William S.
Subject: Re: ARROW ON THE MOEBIUS BAND
In reply to: Randy Jackson 's message, "ARROW ON THE MOEBIUS BAND" on 15:34:10 04/14/11 Thu

Randy -

That's incredible! What a fantastic time that must have been for you. All those hours we kids spent enjoying -- and learning from -- your father's handiwork.

Thanks so much for sharing!

-William

>My father designed and built (and repaired) the motor
>control circuitry that powered the arrow on the
>Moebius Band. Late at night, after closing and after
>his own work, he would take a few of his children down
>to the museum and work on the arrow electronics (I was
>lucky enough to be one of them and never missed a
>chance to go). He was a gifted electronics engineer
>and worked for MCulloch Motors accumulating quite a
>few patents during his career.
>
>We had the run of the place after hours, and after my
>dad's lecture on the respect and care for the place we
>wandered in silence and amazement. My memory is full
>of those hours.
>
>Later we lived next to a professor of mathematics (who
>specialized in topology). I always bragged to him,
>that my dad, with his GED, and talents, had built the
>arrow on the Moebius Band in Mathematica at the Museum
>of Science and Industry.
>
>Los Angeles was full of very talented technical people
>in those days. A truly magical place.

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