I'm sorry about that little mix up, I wrote my reply while reading another
reply. The latter was from sunny California. I hear that Penn's library
isn't too bad. You know, its not Harvard or Yale or anything, but I bet
they've got patent records in Government Documents somewhere in Philly! ;)
From one rainy place to another,
Tim
On 11/19/03 8:26 PM, "Carol A Nickolai" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Tim,
>
> Thanks for the suggestion. I like California, but I think you've got me
> confused with someone else since I'm watching it rain in Philadelphia.
>
> Carol
> --
> Carol A. Nickolai
> Anthropology
> University of Pennsylvania
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>
> Timothy James Scarlett wrote:
>>
>> Hi Carol,
>> You might try to look up the patents at one of your nearby Cal State
>> libraries. They will probably provide illustrations of the object in the
>> device of which it is a part.
>>
>> When I was a student, I once used such a patent record surprise myself and
>> learn that a glass disk embossed "lightning" was actually part of a canning
>> jar lid rather than a lightning rod, which seemed very reasonable
>> explanation to me at the time. My female peers were very amused by the
>> entire affair. I keep a photocopy of the picture in my office as a reminder
>> of my own gender and class biases.
>>
>> Let us know what your patent numbers reveal!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Tim
>> Timothy James Scarlett
>> Assistant Professor of Archaeology
>> Program in Industrial History and Archaeology
>> Department of Social Sciences
>> Michigan Technological University
>> 1400 Townsend Drive
>> Houghton, Michigan 49931-1295 USA
>> Tel (906) 487-2359 Fax (906) 487-2468 Internet [log in to unmask]
>> MTU Website: http://www.industrialarchaeology.net
>> SHA Website: http://www.sha.org SIA Website: http://www.sia-web.org
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>> "Love is the answer, but while you are waiting for the answer, sex raises
>> some pretty good questions."
>>
>> -Woody Allen, New Your Herald Tribune, 1975
>
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Timothy James Scarlett
Assistant Professor of Archaeology
Program in Industrial History and Archaeology
Department of Social Sciences
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, Michigan 49931-1295 USA
Tel (906) 487-2359 Fax (906) 487-2468 Internet [log in to unmask]
MTU Website: http://www.industrialarchaeology.net
SHA Website: http://www.sha.org SIA Website: http://www.sia-web.org
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