Re: Physical poetry

[Herbert H Gottlieb <herbgottlieb@JUNO.COM>]

On Fri, 04 Jun 1999 07:30:03 -0600 Ken Fox <kfox@STEGA.SMOKY.ORG> writes:
> Thanks John, I needed a good laugh
> Any one else have usable poetry like this?
>
> Ken Fox

It's not poetry but in the "olden days"  when drafting was done using
using India ink ruling pens and T-squares we used to tell the students to
imagine cutting a T-square in half  like this:

                  ----|----
                  |    |    |
                  |    |    |
                  |    |    |
                  |    |    |
                  |    |    |
        ---------    |    ---------
        |       |       |
        ------------|------------
Note that each half of the T-square resembles the letter L.
The letter, L, stands for the "length"  of the displacement of an
accelerated
object starting from rest........ or more simply put....

        L is equal to one-half a T-square

        L = 1/2  a t ^2

Herb Gottlieb from New York City
(Where our physics teachers have meetings every month to learn new things
and to remember the "olden days".