1995.03.01 /  LABEQUIP /  RE: LAB EQUIPMENT
     
Originally-From: labequip@aol.com (LABEQUIP)
Newsgroups: sci.physics.fusion
Subject: RE: LAB EQUIPMENT
Date: 1 Mar 1995 04:05:18 -0500
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)


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RES0400	DIGITAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS, INC. Vibrating  Sample and Torque
Magnetometer  This unit characterizes a wide variety of magnetic samples,
including particulate media, sputtered and plated thin-film structures,
soft
and hard ferrites, magnetic powders, permanent magnet materials,
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materials.

NEW PRICE   $ 180,000.00
P.T.I. PRICE $ 55,000.00






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VES0430	LEYBOLD Model A 130 SDV 8/6 Continuous vertical 	
	inline sputtering
system. This unit is designed for the production of magnetooptical disks.
The
sputtering process is set for substrate coating.Magnetron sputtering
cathodes
are used to achieve optimum coating results. The chamber contains a
	transportation system, which will accept six loaded cassettes. The
transportation step cycle time determines the actual content of cassettes
in
the chamber and the degassing time.

NEW PRICE  $ 2,000,000.00
P.T.I. PRICE $ 450,000.00



VES0870	VEECO MS-20 portable leak detector This unit will automatically
measure gross and fine leaks from 6 x 10-10 up to 1 atmosphere cc/sec in
plumbing, process lines, chambers, tanks and other equipment It is
completely
self-contained. No liquid Nitrogen is required. A built-in direct drive
mechanical pump provides vacuum for both foreline and roughing operation.

NEW PRICE   $ 25,000.00
P.T.I. PRICE $ 9,500.00



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1500C  $ 12,000.00
1000C  $  8,500.00 
1000  $ 8,000.00
361C  $  7,750.00
361   $  7,250.00
360C  $  5,250.00
360   $  5,000.00 



VES0890	LEYBOLD ROTARY PUMPS AND BLOWERS These include the TRIVAC B Rotary
pumps Model D65B and the RUVAC WA/WAU single stage roots pumps. 

D65B	    $ 2,800.00
S250C	    $ 5,250.00
WAU2001   $ 5,500.00
WAU1001   $ 2,600.00



VES0430 	LEYBOLD VACUUM GAUGES 

IM 210     	$ 500.00


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TESTING EQUIPMENT



TSE0760	LECO AF-500 System 786-000 Ash Fusion Determinator This unit is a
microprocessor-based instrument for measuring the fusibility of ash. This
instrument system consists of the 786-200 AF-500 and the 783-800 P-100
printer. Temp. Range 500 Degrees F to 3000 Degrees F. It uses N as the
Purge
Gas.

$ 4,500.00



TSE0460	DUPONT 1090B THERMAL ANALYZER System includes the 910 differential
scanning calorimeter and 951 thermogravimetric analyzer. This system is a
microprocessor-controlled unit capable of performing an experiment,
collect
and analyze data, and display or transmit results automatically. The DSC
module is used to measure material transitions associated with changes in
temperature, including boiling points, melting points, glass transitions,
and
polymer cure. The TGA determines thermal stability and chemical
composition
by measuring sample weight as a function of temperature in a controlled
environment.

NEW PRICE     $75,000.00
P.T.I. PRICE $ 14,250.00 



TSE0880	KRAUTKRAMER SONODUR MODEL 100-1 HARDNESS TESTER This unit uses a
diamond tip with a piezo-electric converter so there is no damage to test
piece. It is a handy, lightweight, portable instrument. Tests on small
surfaces and hard-to-access areas, e.g. tooth profiles on gears.
application
over entire range of metallic materials, but not limited to this group.
							
NEW PRICE   $7,595.00
P.T.I.PRICE $1,450.00



TSE0670	PERKIN ELMER MODEL 1200 MULTIPLE GAS ANALYZER SIMULTANOUS MASS
SPECTROMETER THIS MACHINE WILL MEASURE CO2 20%, O2 20%, N2 100% IN PROCESS
STREAMS , CONTENT IN REAL TIME TESTS. OTHER GASES CAN BE ADDED,  This is
the
current model.

NEW PRICE   $ 70,000.00
P.T.I.PRICE $ 10,000.00




 

ANALYTICAL LABORATORY EQUIPMENT



LBR0340	TRACOR X-RAY SPECTRACE 5000 automated energy-dispersive X-ray
fluorescence analyzer. This unit is used for nondestructive elemental
analysis of solids and liquids. The system includes the features and
flexibility necessary for solving a wide range of analytical problems, and
can be configured to accommodate a variety of sample geometries. This is a
current model.

NEW PRICE    $ 95,000.00 
P.T.I. PRICE $ 32,000.00						



LBR0980	ARL Model 3510 ICP Spectrometer This system allows you to solve
difficult nonroutine analytical problems, perform reliable routine
elemental
analysis, Produce analytical results that correlate with classical
analytical
techniques, Reproduce an accurate record of your analytical results in
four
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$ 24,500.00



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microprocessor controlled routine gas chromatograph. The oven is situated
on
the left hand side of the instrument with the pneumatics panel center
front
and the electronics to the right. The instrument is controlled via a 12
inch
'stand-alone' visual display unit (VDU) with a keyboard. Includes ECD
detector, perfect for running PCB tests. 

$ 8,500.00



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overall purity than other water-purification methods. It produces 25
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and chemically pure, meeting U.S.P.,ASTM,EPA,FDA,WQA and other high-purity
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P.T.I.	$  9,550.00



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has a
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very good condition. Model # 210-0020

$ 2,300.00



LBR0740	NEWPORT STABLE TOP Unit Measures 24"x30" uses pneumatic
stabilizers
for support top with automatic adjustment.

$ 750.00
		

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OPTICAL EQUIPMENT



OPT0670	PHOTOSONIC PS-412 GT Series Rack Cleaner This ultrasonic cleaning
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NEW PRICE   $ 28,000.00
P.T.I. PRICE $ 6,500.00



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AND
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5350 MONITOR, AND THE MICROSCOPE STAND.

$ 1,250.00
 





SEMI-CONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT



SCE0210	HUGHES DC MICROCIRCUIT WELDER System includes MCW-500 constant
voltage power supply, VTA-66 parallel gap weld and reflow soldering head,
VTA-60 precision weld head, MA-08-08 Foot Switch, and weld platform. This
system will (1) weld parallel gap, opposed or offset (2) braze connector
leads, relay blades (3) bond thin film, thick film (4) reflow solder flat
pack (single or multiple lead), discrete components. This is a current
model.

NEW PRICE    $ 8,250.00
P.T.I. PRICE $ 3,950.00



SCE0430	ELECTROVERT H-551 HYDROCLEANER BOARDWASHER This aqueous board
washer
is designed for high volume, high efficiency board cleaning, It features
self-contained operation and totally enclosed blowers for quite operation.
All stainless steel construction, infrared dryer with air knife,
programmable
controlled  dryers. 26" board width.

NEW PRICE     $ 55,000.00
P.T.I. PRICE  $ 15,500.00 	






MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT



MFE0150	DAKE NORTAMATIC 51-283 HIGH SPEED PRESS C-Frame Stamping press, 6
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blanks.

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P.T.I.PRICE $9,500.00






OVENS, FURNACES AND ETC.



LOV0230	HOTPACK VAC OVEN MODEL 207380 Size 15"x15"x18"h Max. Temp 280
degrees
C, Stainless steel construction, 208/230 VAC, w/o pump but pump is
available.

$ 1,250.00

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1995.02.28 / Alastair Mayer /  Re: How does a dynamometer work?
     
Originally-From: alastair@firewall.ihs.com (Alastair Mayer)
Newsgroups: sci.physics.fusion
Subject: Re: How does a dynamometer work?
Date: 28 Feb 1995 13:43:01 -0700
Organization: Information Handling Services

Cameron Randale Bass (crb7q@watt.seas.Virginia.EDU) wrote:

:      I don't think it's defensible to suggest that one can properly
:      calibrate an instrument one does not understand on the basis that
:      there are instruments that have been calibrated by people
:      who are completely unaware of the appropriate operating principles.

Ah, the truth is out.  Cameron Ran Dale Bass doesn't think argument
from fact is defensible.  This may be true of rhetorical discussions,
where beating the opponent about the head and shoulders with *facts*
is considered poor sport, but hardly has a place in science.

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1995.02.28 / John Logajan /  Re: Question for Griggs
     
Originally-From: jlogajan@skypoint.com (John Logajan)
Newsgroups: sci.physics.fusion
Subject: Re: Question for Griggs
Date: 28 Feb 1995 23:37:09 GMT
Organization: SkyPoint Communications, Inc.

Bradley K. Sherman (bks@s27w007.pswfs.gov) wrote:
: The former case will be recognized by complaints from Tom Droege about the
: high cost of welding equipment.

Tom's foot test will have to be very covert if he can't get proper permission
from Mr. Griggs.  Someone suggested to me privately that what Tom would
intend to do in regards to building his own test fixture might run afoul
of the US Patent law -- to wit:


   Title 35 USC Sec. 154  Contents and term of patent:
      ... grant to the patentee, his heirs or assigns, for the term of
      seventeen years, subject to the payment of fees as provided for in
      this title, of the right to exclude others from making, using, or
      selling the invention throughout the United States.


Note that patent law prohibits non-authorized people from *making* or
*using* (as well as the obvious prohibition against selling) the invention.

Now perhaps in the real world, no one is ever prosecuted for building their
own devices for their own uses, but at least in the language of the law,
it would seem to prohibit that activity.

Hmmm.

--
 - John Logajan -- jlogajan@skypoint.com  --  612-633-0345 -
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1995.02.28 / MARSHALL DUDLEY /  Re: How does a dynamometer work?
     
Originally-From: mdudley@brbbs.brbbs.com (MARSHALL DUDLEY)
Newsgroups: sci.physics.fusion
Subject: Re: How does a dynamometer work?
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 11:29 -0500 (EST)

kvj@rhi.hi.is (Kristjan Valur Jonsson) writes:
 
-> A more classical dynamometer, again, not power-absorbing, would simply
-> measure the torque applied to the motor from its harness.  such a device
-> is purely mechanical, and given enough moment of inertia, would smooth out
-> all transients.  Equally, one could measure the torque deliverd to the
-> g.g. housing.
 
 
Yes absolutely.  That is exactly how Century Electric measured torque when I
was a co-op student there.  Works quite well.
 
                                                                Marshall
 
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1995.03.01 / Mark Jurich /  [SF] Can Sonoluminescence Cause Micro-Thermonuclear Fusion?
     
Originally-From: jurich@almaden.ibm.com (Mark Jurich)
Newsgroups: sci.physics.fusion
Subject: [SF] Can Sonoluminescence Cause Micro-Thermonuclear Fusion?
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 1995 00:37:22 GMT
Organization: IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA

On Friday, March 3, 1995 (10:30AM PST), William Moss of the
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) will present a 1-hour
colloquium at the IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA
entitled "Can Sonoluminescence Cause Micro-Thermonuclear Fusion?"
The talk will be geared towards a scientific/technical audience
that has little or no previous knowledge of sonoluminescence (SL).

If you have any questions for Willy concerning single bubble
sonoluminescence (SBSL) and the possibility of sonofusion (SF),
e-mail them to me.  This will help reduce the traffic to spf
(sci.physics.fusion).  I'll collect the questions and add their
answers to a talk summary, which I'll post to spf.

I would like to make it very clear that I am NOT aware of
ANY positive SBSL or SL neutron/fusion measurements at LLNL,
at this time. :)

Mark Jurich                     jurich@almaden.ibm.com
IBM Almaden Research Center     http://www-i.almaden.ibm.com/almaden/

abstract follows...

03/03 - SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM--CAN SONOLUMINESCENCE CAUSE
MICRO-THERMONUCLEAR FUSION?
W. Moss, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

Sci. & Tech. Sem.    Fri., March 3    10:30 a.m.    Room:  Aud. A

Sonoluminescence involves the conversion of acoustical energy to optical
energy.  It arises from the nucleation, growth, and collapse of
gas-filled bubbles in a liquid.  Recent measurements (at UCLA) of the
light emitted by a single pulsating bubble show pulse widths less than
50ps and suggest temperatures exceeding 30000K.  Our calculations may
provide an explanation for the shortness of the pulses and indicate that
bubble temperatures may be much hotter than suggested by the UCLA work.
Our high predicted temperatures lead naturally to speculation about the
possibility of obtaining micro-thermonuclear fusion in a bubble filled
with deuterium (heavy hydrogen) gas.  Although the notion of "table top
fusion" has been acknowledged generally to be impossible, our recent
calculations have shown that it may not be impossible.  Our calculations
and experiments will be discussed.
Host:  M. Jurich
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1995.02.28 /  nachtrieb@max. /  ALCATOR C-MOD WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS, 19950228
     
Originally-From: nachtrieb@max.pfc.mit.edu
Newsgroups: sci.physics.fusion
Subject: ALCATOR C-MOD WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS, 19950228
Date: 28 FEB 95 19:28:38 GMT
Organization: MIT PLASMA FUSION CENTER

		   Alcator C-MOD Weekly Highlights
			    Feb. 27, 1994

Last week was a scheduled maintenance week on Alcator C-MOD. A "clean"
vent was completed on Tuesday, following re-installation of the
fast-scanning probe and installation of new windows on the
reflectometer diagnostic. Additional maintenance and upgrade
activities were performed on several diagnostics, power systems, ion
cyclotron radio frequency (ICRF) system, and computer and data
acquisition systems. Plasma operation will resume this week.

After the machine was pumped down on Tuesday, a bake to 110C was run
until Saturday morning. Discharge cleaning (ECDC) in helium was
carried out for 32 hours at a wall temperature of 60C, followed by a
cooldown to 45C and a final leak check on Monday. ECDC in diatomic
deuterium (D2) will be carried out on Tuesday morning. The feedback
control algorithm used to maintain the coil temperatures during
bakeout was improved. This modification resulted in better control and
lower diatomic liquid nitrogen (LN2) usage during the present bake.

The high voltage (HV) supply for ICRF transmitter #4, which had been
out for modification, was returned from the vendor and installed in
the high-yard. This supply will be used with the tunable FMIT
transmitters which are being brought from Princeton Plasma Physics Lab
(PPPL) as part of the Princeton collaboration on the C-MOD project. In
other ICRF activities this week, arc paths were located and repaired
in the transmission line to the D-port antenna. These had been
restricting the power available through this antenna in the last week
of operation before the maintenance period. A Conceptual Design Review
for the new 4-strap antenna being provided by PPPL as part of the
Princeton collaboration is being held at MIT today. This antenna will
be installed in 1996.

Maintenance was performed on the electron cyclotron emission (ECE)
diagnostic, the Thomson scattering and two-color interferometer (TCI)
windows, the charge exchange system, and the ultraviolet (UV)
spectrometer diagnostics.

Modifications were made to the control boards of the ohmic heating
coil number 2 (OH2) power supplies to improve performance and limit
the slew rate. Testing of these modifications was carried out on
Monday.

The VAX computers in the C-Mod cluster were all brought up to the
latest release of OpenVMS operating system, version 6.1. A new disk
caching feature in this release should result in a performance
increase of the data acquisition and analysis systems. In addition to
the operating system upgrade, the collection of disks used for the
storage of C-Mod MDSplus data and RDB databases were converted to a
RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) set.  This should provide
additional reliability and speed to the on-line storage
facility. Using RAID technology, the data is spread evenly across the
entire set of disks along with error correction information. Increased
speed is obtained by spreading the disk activity across all of the
disks. Prior to converting to RAID, all new C-Mod data was contained
on one disk and all I/O requests from analysis and display programs
had to be serviced by a single drive.

Drs. C.H. Ma, Roger Richards, and Don Hutchinson from Oak Ridge
National Laboratory (ORNL) were working on-site last week, readying
their experiments for operation on C-MOD.

Dr. Rob Pinsker is visiting from General Atomic (GA) this week. He
will be participating in the C-MOD ICRF experiments.

Dr. Katsumi Kondo from the Heliotron E group at the Institute of
Plasma Physics at Kyoto University has begun a two-month visit to
Alcator C-MOD.  He will be working on visible ultraviolet (VUV) and
x-ray spectroscopy.
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1995.02.24 / Bryan Wallace /  Re: The Farce of Physics
     
Originally-From: wallace@acasun.eckerd.edu (Bryan Wallace)
Newsgroups: ,sci.physics.electromag,sci.physics.fusion,sci.physics.parti
le,sci.research,sci.research.careers
Subject: Re: The Farce of Physics
Date: 24 Feb 1995 10:37:11 -0500
Organization: Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@asgard.yggdrasil.com) wrote:
: Followup to:  <tqr-1702951403350001@trmac.inel.gov>
: By author:    tqr@inel.gov (Tom Repetti)
: In newsgroup: sci.physics.electromag
: >
: > > Discussion of personnel termination in a public forum is prohibited
: > > under Edict 12.  Your actions have jeopardized the organization, and
: > > you shall be eliminated.
: > 
: > Not only that, but the energy output to wipe the memories of all the
: > humans who have read this thread is gonna be ENORMOUS. The Over-Commandant
: > ain't gonna like it; this'll cut into our profit margins bigtime. Way to
: > go, guys.
: > 

: Damn.  That explains the low line voltage today...

: 	/hpa

For answers see the Thread "The Farce of Physics" in the newsgroup
"sci.physics".

Bryan

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1995.02.28 / Robert Heeter /  Re: Plasmak
     
Originally-From: rfheeter@pppl.gov (Robert F. Heeter)
Newsgroups: sci.physics.fusion
Subject: Re: Plasmak
Date: 28 Feb 1995 17:33:12 -0500
Organization: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University,
Princeton NJ 08540

In article <3iv6fk$7gv@infoserv.rug.ac.be>,
Alexander Borghgraef <aborghgr@eduserv.rug.ac.be> wrote:
>Can someone tell me what Plasmak means?

Undoubtedly Paul Koloc will tell you all sorts of things,
but in the meantime, just look in the letter P in the Glossary
that I just posted.  There's an entry there.

(See, this Glossary actually *is* useful!)

--Bob Heeter

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1995.02.27 / Robert Heeter /  Re: economic reviews
     
Originally-From: Robert F. Heeter <rfheeter@princeton.edu>
Newsgroups: sci.physics.fusion
Subject: Re: economic reviews
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 15:21:43 GMT
Organization: Princeton University

In article <3ighfv$se7@deadmin.ucsd.edu> Barry Merriman,
barry@starfire.ucsd.edu writes:
> If you believe that Cost Of Electricity is the prime econ factor
> (this is the cost to produce the electricity at the plant), then
> Tokamak based fusion reactors extrapolated from present devices
> suck. The projected COE is 2--8 times that of current fission reactors,
> and worse vs coal, gas, hydro. ( fission COE is ~ 0.05 cents/KWH)
>
> However, the actual cost to consumers includes distribution costs,
> which are about 10 times larger than the cost of producing the
electricity.
> Thus in terms of what the end user pays, even if the additional COE
> were passed directly to the consumer ( its an added 0.1--0.4 cents/KWH)
> they would scarcley notice the difference.

Barry, I'm really skeptical of this.  Could you back this up with
some concrete data?  The reactor design studies (ESECOM, ARIES, 
etc) generally quote COE (busbar - output of plant) as roughly 
50 mills/kwh (or 5 cents/kwh, or $.05/kwh).  (I did check these
numbers in my copy of the ESECOM report, UCRL-53766.)  Utility
billed electricity (cost to consumers) is (I believe) 
about $.10/kwh, so this factor of 10 you're claiming is really 
(as I understand things) only a factor of two or so, even if 
we include the utility's profit margin.

Furthermore, the COE projections from an ITER-type reactor are
actualy only 3x the current COE from a fission plant, not up
to 8x.  Given that fusion technology has a lot more room
for evolution, it's not surprising that cost projections 
from ESECOM and ARIES (which involved reactors that were 
evolved beyond ITER and thus were more economical)
were comparable to present fission plants, but probably 
higher than projected costs from advanced fission plants.
However, it's entirely possible that additional advances
will make fusion reactors competitive with fission plants,
or even fossil plants.  We just don't know yet.  At
the worst, fusion will be somewhat more expensive.  But
if it's cleaner and safer, that may be acceptable.

***************************
Robert F. Heeter, rfheeter@princeton.edu
Graduate Student in Plasma Physics, Princeton University
As always, I represent only myself, and not Princeton!
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1995.02.28 / Barry Merriman /  Re: economic reviews
     
Originally-From: barry@starfire.ucsd.edu (Barry Merriman)
Newsgroups: sci.physics.fusion
Subject: Re: economic reviews
Date: 28 Feb 1995 23:05:57 GMT
Organization: UCSD SOE

In article <1995Feb27.152143.10618@Princeton.EDU> Robert F. Heeter  
<rfheeter@princeton.edu> writes:

> Barry, I'm really skeptical of this.  Could you back this up with
> some concrete data?  The reactor design studies (ESECOM, ARIES, 
> etc) generally quote COE (busbar - output of plant) as roughly 
> 50 mills/kwh (or 5 cents/kwh, or $.05/kwh).  (I did check these
> numbers in my copy of the ESECOM report, UCRL-53766.)  Utility
> billed electricity (cost to consumers) is (I believe) 
> about $.10/kwh, so this factor of 10 you're claiming is really 
> (as I understand things) only a factor of two or so

Oops, you are right---I had an extra factor of 10 floating around
in my head. Sorry.


--
Barry Merriman
UCSD Fusion Energy Research Center
UCLA Dept. of Math
bmerriman@fusion.ucsd.edu (Internet; NeXTMail is welcome)


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1995.02.27 / Robert Heeter /  Ads do not belong in sci.physics.* groups!
     
Originally-From: Robert F. Heeter <rfheeter@princeton.edu>
Newsgroups: sci.physics.fusion
Subject: Ads do not belong in sci.physics.* groups!
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 18:01:13 GMT
Organization: Princeton University

In article <3ih3as$qnj@gemini.netway.net> Tuan T. Ho, tuanho@netway.net
writes:
> I have the following books for sale :
> 
> Please note the book condition:
> 
etc.

Is it just me, or is this really inappropriate for a sci.physics
newsgroup posting?

***************************
Robert F. Heeter, rfheeter@princeton.edu
Graduate Student in Plasma Physics, Princeton University
As always, I represent only myself, and not Princeton!
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