http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTga-68fplQ

http://www.strategypage.com/military...30-105652.aspx

Etc etc..Id never head of it before and found it this morning while
browsing something else.

Absolutely fascinating in concept and application..particularly for
1939/40

Check it out.

Gunner

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Check out the movie "Tucker".

Saw that, many many years ago. The guy was very nearsighted, and also
totally creative. He invented the "geodesic dome" and a lot of other neat
stuff. The car he made looked like a hell of a lot of fun. Tear drop shaped,
with one steering wheel in the back.

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"Richard" wrote in message
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Check out the movie "Tucker".

"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message
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Saw that, many many years ago. The guy was very nearsighted, and also
totally creative. He invented the "geodesic dome" and a lot of other neat
stuff. The car he made looked like a hell of a lot of fun. Tear drop
shaped,
with one steering wheel in the back.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.


You are thinking of Buckminster Fuller, not Preston Tucker.

OOps..... I do belive you're right. Nevermind!

Christopher A. Young
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"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message
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Saw that, many many years ago. The guy was very nearsighted, and also
totally creative. He invented the "geodesic dome" and a lot of other neat
stuff. The car he made looked like a hell of a lot of fun. Tear drop
shaped,
with one steering wheel in the back.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.


You are thinking of Buckminster Fuller, not Preston Tucker.

On Thu, 2 Feb 2012 16:58:29 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

Saw that, many many years ago. The guy was very nearsighted, and also
totally creative. He invented the "geodesic dome" and a lot of other neat
stuff. The car he made looked like a hell of a lot of fun. Tear drop shaped,
with one steering wheel in the back.

Christopher A. Young
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www.lds.org
.
Funny that. I was always told that the geodesic dome was invented by
architect and engineer Buckminster Fuller ( 1895-1983) in the 1940s.

cheers,

Schweik

Well, clearly, one of us is mistaken.

Christopher A. Young
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"Schweik" wrote in message
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Funny that. I was always told that the geodesic dome was invented by
architect and engineer Buckminster Fuller ( 1895-1983) in the 1940s.

cheers,

Schweik

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



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