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Correspondence from a friend of Bradford Howland, and words from Howland himself - The Howland Current Pump Circuit.pdf
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I just received this correspondence via today's E-mail. See also the
attachment. ========= From: Brian Carless Subject: From Web Site and Bradford Howland Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:43:30 -0500 Mr. Thompson, About a year ago you hosted an on-line discussion that tried to find the papers at the origins of the Howland Circuit. The discussion was passed on to Brad by one of his nephews. Bradford Howland is alive and well and living in Madison, WI. I am writing this because Brad doesn't currently have a computer and has no plans to get one either. He experimented with them in the 80's and decided they were not worth the effort. Brad is flattered and (not so) secretly pleased that people are still interested in his work. My background is in the social sciences so I can't translate all of what he says but the following is something that Brad wrote about the "H" circuit. I am writing from a MAC and so I don't know how well it will translate into your PC world. If you are interested and have any trouble I will do my best to translate. I will pass on correspondence to Brad if you want or send any response to him at: Bradford Howland Apt. 125 Normandy Apts. 4715 Sheboygan Ave. Madison, WI 53705 Best Wishes Brian Carless ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
Correspondence from a friend of Bradford Howland, and words fromHowland himself - The Howland Current Pump Circuit.pdf
Jim Thompson wrote:
I just received this correspondence via today's E-mail. See also the attachment. ========= From: Brian Carless Subject: From Web Site and Bradford Howland Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:43:30 -0500 Mr. Thompson, About a year ago you hosted an on-line discussion that tried to find the papers at the origins of the Howland Circuit. The discussion was passed on to Brad by one of his nephews. Bradford Howland is alive and well and living in Madison, WI. I am writing this because Brad doesn't currently have a computer and has no plans to get one either. He experimented with them in the 80's and decided they were not worth the effort. Brad is flattered and (not so) secretly pleased that people are still interested in his work. My background is in the social sciences so I can't translate all of what he says but the following is something that Brad wrote about the "H" circuit. I am writing from a MAC and so I don't know how well it will translate into your PC world. If you are interested and have any trouble I will do my best to translate. I will pass on correspondence to Brad if you want or send any response to him at: Bradford Howland Apt. 125 Normandy Apts. 4715 Sheboygan Ave. Madison, WI 53705 Best Wishes Brian Carless ...Jim Thompson ....not smart enough? What a wise-ass. Possible come-back: i would like to see you do any better! |
Correspondence from a friend of Bradford Howland, and words from Howland himself - The Howland Current Pump Circuit.pdf
On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:54:11 GMT, Robert Baer
Gave us: Jim Thompson wrote: I just received this correspondence via today's E-mail. See also the attachment. ========= From: Brian Carless Subject: From Web Site and Bradford Howland Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:43:30 -0500 Mr. Thompson, About a year ago you hosted an on-line discussion that tried to find the papers at the origins of the Howland Circuit. The discussion was passed on to Brad by one of his nephews. Bradford Howland is alive and well and living in Madison, WI. I am writing this because Brad doesn't currently have a computer and has no plans to get one either. He experimented with them in the 80's and decided they were not worth the effort. Brad is flattered and (not so) secretly pleased that people are still interested in his work. My background is in the social sciences so I can't translate all of what he says but the following is something that Brad wrote about the "H" circuit. I am writing from a MAC and so I don't know how well it will translate into your PC world. If you are interested and have any trouble I will do my best to translate. I will pass on correspondence to Brad if you want or send any response to him at: Bradford Howland Apt. 125 Normandy Apts. 4715 Sheboygan Ave. Madison, WI 53705 Best Wishes Brian Carless ...Jim Thompson ...not smart enough? What a wise-ass. Possible come-back: i would like to see you do any better! I think his non-response is far better. |
Correspondence from a friend of Bradford Howland, and words from Howland himself - The Howland Current Pump Circuit.pdf
On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:59:18 -0700, Jim Thompson
Gave us: I just received this correspondence via today's E-mail. See also the attachment. Isn't it a quite delayed response? |
Correspondence from a friend of Bradford Howland, and words from Howland himself - The Howland Current Pump Circuit.pdf
On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:34:18 -0700, SuperM
SuperM@ssiveBlackHoleAtTheCenterOfTheMilkyWayGala xy.org wrote: On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:59:18 -0700, Jim Thompson Gave us: I just received this correspondence via today's E-mail. See also the attachment. Isn't it a quite delayed response? Did you bother reading? Brian Carless said that the information was passed on to Howland by a nephew. Howland's note says he was hired by Jerry Wiesner (RLE, later to be President, of MIT) in _1950_. So let's guess that Howland's minimum age was 22 at that point in time. So Howland's present MINIMUM age is 79. At that age he probably has to work at writing letters ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
Correspondence from a friend of Bradford Howland, and words fromHowland himself - The Howland Current Pump Circuit.pdf
Jim Thompson wrote:
On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:34:18 -0700, SuperM SuperM@ssiveBlackHoleAtTheCenterOfTheMilkyWayGala xy.org wrote: On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:59:18 -0700, Jim Thompson Gave us: I just received this correspondence via today's E-mail. See also the attachment. Isn't it a quite delayed response? Did you bother reading? Brian Carless said that the information was passed on to Howland by a nephew. Howland's note says he was hired by Jerry Wiesner (RLE, later to be President, of MIT) in _1950_. So let's guess that Howland's minimum age was 22 at that point in time. So Howland's present MINIMUM age is 79. At that age he probably has to work at writing letters ;-) ...Jim Thompson So Jim, Was this request caused by your guilt at telling Howland he wasn't smart enough to have invented the H-Circuit? ;-) ;-) ;-) -Chuck |
Correspondence from a friend of Bradford Howland, and words from Howland himself - The Howland Current Pump Circuit.pdf
On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:14:52 -0400, Chuck Harris
wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:34:18 -0700, SuperM SuperM@ssiveBlackHoleAtTheCenterOfTheMilkyWayGala xy.org wrote: On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:59:18 -0700, Jim Thompson Gave us: I just received this correspondence via today's E-mail. See also the attachment. Isn't it a quite delayed response? Did you bother reading? Brian Carless said that the information was passed on to Howland by a nephew. Howland's note says he was hired by Jerry Wiesner (RLE, later to be President, of MIT) in _1950_. So let's guess that Howland's minimum age was 22 at that point in time. So Howland's present MINIMUM age is 79. At that age he probably has to work at writing letters ;-) ...Jim Thompson So Jim, Was this request caused by your guilt at telling Howland he wasn't smart enough to have invented the H-Circuit? ;-) ;-) ;-) -Chuck Wasn't me, I didn't get to MIT until the Fall of 1958. The opposite happened to me when I first went to Motorola... an old fart told me that my harmonic mixer design couldn't possibly be working ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
Correspondence from a friend of Bradford Howland, and words from Howland himself - The Howland Current Pump Circuit.pdf
On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:48:13 -0700, Jim Thompson
Gave us: On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:34:18 -0700, SuperM SuperM@ssiveBlackHoleAtTheCenterOfTheMilkyWayGal axy.org wrote: On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:59:18 -0700, Jim Thompson Gave us: I just received this correspondence via today's E-mail. See also the attachment. Isn't it a quite delayed response? Did you bother reading? Of course, dufus. I read it all. The guy that called him "mot smart enough" is the guy that isn't all that bright. Brian Carless said that the information was passed on to Howland by a nephew. I read it. No need to reiterate. Howland's note says he was hired by Jerry Wiesner (RLE, later to be President, of MIT) in _1950_. So let's guess that Howland's minimum age was 22 at that point in time. So Howland's present MINIMUM age is 79. At that age he probably has to work at writing letters ;-) Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of having a LOT of fan mail. My question wasn't derrogatory. ...Jim Thompson |
Correspondence from a friend of Bradford Howland, and words from Howland himself - The Howland Current Pump Circuit.pdf
On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:14:52 -0400, Chuck Harris
Gave us: Was this request caused by your guilt at telling Howland he wasn't smart enough to have invented the H-Circuit? ;-) ;-) ;-) Do YOU bother to read anything? Jim said no such thing. wink wink your ass. |
Correspondence from a friend of Bradford Howland, and words from Howland himself - The Howland Current Pump Circuit.pdf
On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:15:33 -0700, Jim Thompson
Gave us: The opposite happened to me when I first went to Motorola... an old fart told me that my harmonic mixer design couldn't possibly be working ;-) Try to buy an HF mixer these days that doesn't work that way... hehe |
Correspondence from a friend of Bradford Howland, and words from Howland himself - The Howland Current Pump Circuit.pdf
On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:44:38 -0700, SuperM
SuperM@ssiveBlackHoleAtTheCenterOfTheMilkyWayGala xy.org wrote: On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:48:13 -0700, Jim Thompson Gave us: [snip] So Howland's present MINIMUM age is 79. At that age he probably has to work at writing letters ;-) Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of having a LOT of fan mail. I doubt that the _typical_ lurker here has _any_ clue about what the Howland "pump" was all about. My question wasn't derogatory. Apology accepted! ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
Correspondence from a friend of Bradford Howland, and words from Howland himself - The Howland Current Pump Circuit.pdf
On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:11:28 -0700, Jim Thompson
Gave us: On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:44:38 -0700, SuperM SuperM@ssiveBlackHoleAtTheCenterOfTheMilkyWayGal axy.org wrote: On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:48:13 -0700, Jim Thompson Gave us: [snip] So Howland's present MINIMUM age is 79. At that age he probably has to work at writing letters ;-) Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of having a LOT of fan mail. I doubt that the _typical_ lurker here has _any_ clue about what the Howland "pump" was all about. I'm sure the wheatstone bridge section was the key. Something about summing junctions, perhaps... My question wasn't derogatory. Apology accepted! I was letting you know about your error in assessing my statements. |
Correspondence from a friend of Bradford Howland, and words from Howland himself - The Howland Current Pump Circuit.pdf
"Jim Thompson" wrote in
message ... On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:44:38 -0700, SuperM SuperM@ssiveBlackHoleAtTheCenterOfTheMilkyWayGala xy.org wrote: On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:48:13 -0700, Jim Thompson Gave us: [snip] So Howland's present MINIMUM age is 79. At that age he probably has to work at writing letters ;-) Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of having a LOT of fan mail. I doubt that the _typical_ lurker here has _any_ clue about what the Howland "pump" was all about. From the posts so far, I'd reckon your right. Cheers |
Correspondence from a friend of Bradford Howland, and words fromHowland himself - The Howland Current Pump Circuit.pdf
SuperM wrote:
On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:14:52 -0400, Chuck Harris Gave us: Was this request caused by your guilt at telling Howland he wasn't smart enough to have invented the H-Circuit? ;-) ;-) ;-) Do YOU bother to read anything? Jim said no such thing. wink wink your ass. Who said he did? I think the better question would be: Do *YOU* bother to read anything? Read the last paragraph of Howland's note again for a clue... Then slap your forehead and say, "Doh!" Of course, you would have to know a little bit about Jim Thompson to understand my reference. -Chuck |
Correspondence from a friend of Bradford Howland, and words from Howland himself - The Howland Current Pump Circuit.pdf
On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:17:57 -0400, Chuck Harris
Gave us: SuperM wrote: On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:14:52 -0400, Chuck Harris Gave us: Was this request caused by your guilt at telling Howland he wasn't smart enough to have invented the H-Circuit? ;-) ;-) ;-) Do YOU bother to read anything? Jim said no such thing. wink wink your ass. Who said he did? I think the better question would be: Do *YOU* bother to read anything? Read the last paragraph of Howland's note again for a clue... Then slap your forehead and say, "Doh!" Of course, you would have to know a little bit about Jim Thompson to understand my reference. You said THIS: "Was this request caused by your guilt at telling Howland" He told him no such thing. I read just fine. |
Correspondence from a friend of Bradford Howland, and words fromHowland himself - The Howland Current Pump Circuit.pdf
Jim Thompson wrote:
I just received this correspondence via today's E-mail. See also the attachment. ========= From: Brian Carless Subject: From Web Site and Bradford Howland Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:43:30 -0500 Mr. Thompson, About a year ago you hosted an on-line discussion that tried to find the papers at the origins of the Howland Circuit. The discussion was passed on to Brad by one of his nephews. Bradford Howland is alive and well and living in Madison, WI. I am writing this because Brad doesn't currently have a computer and has no plans to get one either. He experimented with them in the 80's and decided they were not worth the effort. Not worth the effort. Cool! Reminds me of Bob Widlar's "Mexican computer". [...] -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com |
Correspondence from a friend of Bradford Howland, and words from Howland himself - The Howland Current Pump Circuit.pdf
Jim Thompson wrote:
I just received this correspondence via today's E-mail. See also the attachment. ========= From: Brian Carless Subject: From Web Site and Bradford Howland Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:43:30 -0500 Mr. Thompson, About a year ago you hosted an on-line discussion that tried to find the papers at the origins of the Howland Circuit. The discussion was passed on to Brad by one of his nephews. Bradford Howland is alive and well and living in Madison, WI. I am writing this because Brad doesn't currently have a computer and has no plans to get one either. He experimented with them in the 80's and decided they were not worth the effort. Brad is flattered and (not so) secretly pleased that people are still interested in his work. My background is in the social sciences so I can't translate all of what he says but the following is something that Brad wrote about the "H" circuit. I am writing from a MAC and so I don't know how well it will translate into your PC world. If you are interested and have any trouble I will do my best to translate. I will pass on correspondence to Brad if you want or send any response to him at: Bradford Howland Apt. 125 Normandy Apts. 4715 Sheboygan Ave. Madison, WI 53705 Best Wishes Brian Carless ...Jim Thompson Perhaps "Mr. Philbrick saw fit to give me the credit." -- JosephKK Gegen dummheit kampfen die Gotter Selbst, vergebens.Â*Â* --Schiller |
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