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Re: [Phys-L] old physics logo



I think that this is it http://www.relativity.li/uploads/images/A/A1_2.jpg
  
               
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Zeke Kossover


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> From: Chuck Britton <britton@ncssm.edu>
>To: Phys-L@Phys-L.org 
>Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2014 10:51 AM
>Subject: Re: [Phys-L] old physics logo
> 
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>I remember it well from days of yore.
>
>I would guess APS or AIP. Perhaps they have Archivists on board or at least 
>someone with a Long Memory who could verify it.
>
>(From before the ‘redefining’ of the meter and second.)    
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>
>On Sep 6, 2014, at 1:31 PM, John Denker <jsd@av8n.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks --
>> 
>> Long ago, some physics organization used an interesting logo.
>> It was roughly A-shaped, comprising
>> -- a pendulum, to symbolize time
>> -- a ruler, to symbolize distance
>> -- some object to symbolize mass
>> 
>> Here is my attempt to reconstruct it:
>>  https://www.av8n.com/physics/img48/physics-logo.png
>> 
>> If I had to guess, in order of decreasing likelihood, it may 
>> have been used by APS, AIP, IOP, AAPT, or other.
>> 
>> *Does anybody recall whose logo it was?*
>> 
>> *How can I find out what it actually looked like?*
>> 
>> I've scoured images.google.com with no success.  I suspect
>> the logo fell into disuse before the www came along.
>> 
>> I realize it is terribly inefficient to have hundreds of
>> people looking for something in parallel, so please do not
>> waste your time on this.  I'm hoping somebody just knows 
>> the answer, or has a good guess that can be easily verified.
>> 
>> Thanks -- jsd
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