On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 15:00:22 +0000 (UTC), the infamous James Waldby
scrawled the following:

On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:09:54 +0000, Doug White wrote:
Doug White wrote ...

Both videos are based on "The Turbo Encabulator in Industry", which was
written a very long time ago (I have a copy in a book entitled "Random
Walks in Science", which I highly recommend). I'd guess it's 1960's
vintage. I can look it up if folks are curious.

Back around 1990, I was working on a laser communications system to fly
on NASA's Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS). We had
some blueprints of the satellite structure so we could figure out the
mounting interface. Buried in the middle of a large complex drawing
was a little note with an arrow pointing to some piece of the
structure. It said "Nofor Trunnion", and I knew immediately that the
draftsman was a Turbo Encabulator fan.
...
It's older than I thought. I found this on-line: "The turbo-encabulator
in industry" is the contribution of J.H. Quick, graduate member of the
Institution of Electrical Engineers in London, England, and was first
published in the Institution's Students' Quarterly Journal vol 15 no. 58
p. 22 in December 1944."
...

On a metalworking note, the 1962 GE turboencabulator version has tremie-
pipes made of Crapaloy (tungsten cowhide). See note under "Case" in
second picture at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turboencabulator.

I want antigravic marzelvanes on my next car! They're sure to reduce
sinusoidal depleneration during air maneuvers.

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