Re: ATM Book sighting in Oregon

[John Anderson <jaanders@europa.com>]

Richard Schwartz wrote:
> 
> John Anderson wrote:
> >
> > For the classic book fans...at Powell's Technical Books in Portland
> > they had two copies of the first ATM book from Scientific American
> > Publishing for $40 each (ouch!). Now they only have one! ;-)
> 
> Check out the article on Flotatin Systems by John Hindle in volume 1,
> and tell me if there is any physical truth to what he writes.

The decription of three, eighteen and nine point floatation systems
generally supports what I've read in the archives and seen in practice.
I don't have the background to judge if the method he uses to find the
floatation points is still considered valid.

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John Anderson <jaanders@europa.com>
Portland, Oregon