[Phys-L] Re: plasma TV

[Pete Lohstreter <plohstreter@MAIL.HOCKADAY.ORG>]

Forum for Physics Educators <PHYS-L@list1.ucc.nau.edu> on Thursday, March
03, 2005 at 1:56 PM -0600 wrote:
> NO, NO, NO!
>
> The camera is named after the Polaroid Corp.  Which took its name after
> the Land invention of sheet polarization film.
>
> He could have just as easily named it the Land camera.

Actually, the name of the first of the cameras was "The Polaroid Land
Camera".

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