[HPCC-Conf] Update and Some Of My Impressions
Richard Schwartz
hpcc-conf@lists.handheld.org
Wed Oct 2 08:15:01 2002
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From: Daniel McDonald=20
To: hpcc-conf@lists.handheld.org=20
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 7:28 PM
Subject: [HPCC-Conf] Update and Some Of My Impressions
Also impressive was the acknowledgement that even though these same =
techniques were developed much earlier in England (for manufacture of =
pulley blocks for the fleet), the English at the time never drew the =
mental conclusion that they would be good for anything other than making =
pulley blocks. There are some small yet intriguing museums around here =
(Connecticut River Valley, New England, USA) about the pivotal role the =
area played in the development of precision machine tools and mass =
production methods.
If you want to have some fun, go through the files of the U.S. Patent =
office. One of the earliest surviving patents is a process for making =
pully blocks. Since there was no patent office at that time (the =
country was young, and small, and most inventors did not file for =
patents then), the patent was signed off by the president (George =
Washington). Gubbermint was a lot less complicated in those times.
. . . Richard
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<DIV><BR><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>----- Original Message ----- =
<BR>From: Daniel=20
McDonald <BR>To: hpcc-conf@lists.handheld.org <BR>Sent: Tuesday, October =
01,=20
2002 7:28 PM<BR>Subject: [HPCC-Conf] Update and Some Of My=20
Impressions<BR><BR><BR><EM>Also impressive was the acknowledgement that =
even=20
though these same techniques were developed much earlier in England (for =
manufacture of pulley blocks for the fleet), the English at the time =
never drew=20
the mental conclusion that they would be good for anything other than =
making=20
pulley blocks. There are some small yet intriguing museums around =
here=20
(Connecticut River Valley, New England, USA) about the pivotal role the =
area=20
played in the development of precision machine tools and mass production =
methods.</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If you want to have some fun, go =
through the files=20
of the U.S. Patent office. One of the earliest surviving =
patents is=20
a process for making pully blocks. Since there was no patent =
office=20
at that time (the country was young, and small, and most inventors did =
not file=20
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Washington). Gubbermint was a lot less complicated in those=20
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<DIV><BR>. . . Richard</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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