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Bruce Shapiro made one controlled by step motors for the lobby of the
science museum of minnesota and he has made another for another museum that
contains glitter in the oil.contact Bruce at 952-942-7484
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>Beryl, you are right about COSI, it was in Square Wheels.
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>The exhibit was extremely messy to maintain. It was at the St.Louis
>Science Center in the mid 90's. The plex cylinders
> were about 10' tall, too much oil.
>I saw a good oil exhibit at Chicago's museum of sci. and industry. It was
>put together by Hildebrandt, call at: 847-839-0850.
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>I believe COSI had one as part of the traveling exhibition, Square Wheels.
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> >The Museum of Life and Science in Durham, NC has just such an exhibit in
> >their "Small Science" exhibit. As I recall, they have 4 or 5 liquids of
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> >Hi, We've been playing with an art piece for an exhibit where air
> >bubbles form at the bottom of a tube and float up through the clear oil.
> > I can't remember where else we've seen this, but we love the effect.
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> >After playing with some small amounts of food grade lubricating oil
> >we've started looking for large amounts. The trick is finding a clear
> >oil in different viscosities that won't break the bank. Does any one
> >have experience with mineral oil or silicon oil? Can anyone recommend
> >a retailer?
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