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.
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>I would guess APS or AIP. Perhaps they have Archivists on board or at least
>someone with a Long Memory who could verify it.
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>(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:
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>> Hi Folks --
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>> 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
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>> Here is my attempt to reconstruct it:
>> https://www.av8n.com/physics/img48/physics-logo.png
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>> If I had to guess, in order of decreasing likelihood, it may
>> have been used by APS, AIP, IOP, AAPT, or other.
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>> *Does anybody recall whose logo it was?*
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>> *How can I find out what it actually looked like?*
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>> I've scoured images.google.com with no success. I suspect
>> the logo fell into disuse before the www came along.
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>> 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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