Re: [ATM] Aluminum Mirrors [was 'newbie question']

[Jeff Lowe <lowe@nanotechsys.com>]

> From: "Richard Schwartz" <richard1941@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ATM] Aluminum Mirrors [was 'newbie question']
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> Yes, the use of India ink was previously known, but if you would take
> the time and trouble to read the actual patent, you would see that
> there is a lot more involved, including the exact mix of the polising
> compund.   It looks like a lot of work (paid for by us taxpayers, of
> course) went into this.
> 

I recall about the same time as this "Invention" was announced that 
someone else at NASA "Invented" a three footed spherometer. Although I 
believe their great claim was in determining the radius of the feet by 
measuring a series of certified master surfaces. I would have just 
measured the spacing between the the feet and let Gauss and Pythagoras 
give me the radius.

-- 
Jeff Lowe
waiting for NASA to develop a method for dividing loaves of bread into 
uniform thickness slabs.

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