[Phys-L] Fwd: Ancient Physics logo?
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Melanie Mueller <mmueller@aip.org>
> Subject: RE: Ancient Physics logo?
> Date: September 8, 2014 at 10:56:52 AM EDT
> To: "britton@ncssm.edu" <britton@ncssm.edu>
>
> Dear Chuck,
>
> I believe the original logo that you are thinking of was chosen in a
> competition in 1934, and it was revised and changed gradually over the years.
> The pendulum/ruler image disappeared from the logo somewhere along the way -
> I suspect it happened during a revision in the 1980s, but I haven't verified
> that. A colleague just reminded me that the topic of the logo came up in a
> recent lunchtime talk given here by a historian who was visiting our library
> to do research. I think I could get more information on the origins of the
> logo, if you are interested in more information.
>
> If you are interested in more about the history of the AIP, you might try
> browsing our Executive Committee meeting minutes and Governing Board meeting
> minutes online, going back to 1931:
> http://www.aip.org/history/nbl/collections/exec_minutes/ You might also
> take a look at our online oral history interview transcripts
> (http://aip.org/history/ohilist/transcripts.html) where you can do a keyword
> search across the full text of all of our interview transcripts. A quick
> search using the words "AIP logo" yields a brief mention by Ken Ford (former
> director of AIP) about the redesign in the 1980s.
>
> I hope you find this information helpful. I also received a message from
> another person inquiring about the AIP logo and the origins. I assume you
> are working together - I have replied separately to him.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Melanie
>
> _______________________
>
> Melanie J. Mueller
> Assistant Director
> Niels Bohr Library & Archives
> American Institute of Physics
> One Physics Ellipse
> College Park, MD 20740
> 301.209.3179
> http://www.aip.org/history/nbl/index.html
>
>
>
> From: Chuck Britton [mailto:britton@ncssm.edu]
> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2014 1:57 PM
> To: chp@aip.org
> Subject: Ancient Physics logo?
>
> We’re looking for the origin of this logo
>
> https://www.av8n.com/physics/img48/physics-logo.png
>
>
>
> Anyone there with a long enough memory to help out?
>
> (We figure it was replaced when the second and meter were redefined.)
>
> thanks for any assistance -