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Default Fascinating...the Tucker Torpedo Combat Car

On 2/2/2012 9:21 PM, Spehro Pefhany wrote:
On Thu, 2 Feb 2012 21:58:16 -0500, the renowned "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

Well, clearly, one of us is mistaken.

Christopher A. Young
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According to the Wiki article, the Geodesic dome was invented by a
German (Walther Bauersfeld) in the 20's. The Zeiss planetarium in Jena
(former East Germany) ca. 1926 is built with such a dome. Jena is a
beautiful city, and well worht a visit btw- especially the Zeiss
museum.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geodesic_dome

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jena



Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany



Buckminster invented Buckey Balls - aka Carbon 80 - which has the
same shape...