Paris videotapes

erobkin@uwcmail.uwc.edu
Tue Jun 25 16:02:52 CDT 1996

I really dislike posting this to the entire list but I cannot make any contact
with some of the people who expressed an interest in the videotapes.

Ok, I need a response from:

j.r.anderson who is somewhere in the U.K. I think. I need to know if you are
still interested, your surface mail address, and just what video format you
need for the U.K. Your costs in this will be higher than for the USA people
but I don't know what they will be at the moment. In fact I don't even know
if my video service company can generate a UK standard tape.

achakalis who is in Ohio. I have an address in Gahanna, Ohio. Please
confirm this if you are still interested.

The others on my distribution list have all been in contact and I know what
they want.

Kerik_Kouklis: My email server refuses to talk with yours. I suspect is is
the underscore in your username that is causing the problem but it keeps
telling me that there is "no route to host." However, your server can
find mine since your email came through just fine so I am making a copy for
you.

Anyone else inerested? Let me know and I will have copies made for you in
late July when I get back in the country and from my meeting.

At this moment I have seen approximately three minutes of the tape when the
video people took a quick look at it to make sure it was as described.

The price will be close to $23US.

Please contact me directly about the tapes.

Now just to add something to justify imposing this on the world I looked up
some stuff on the density scale that was discussed earlier. I've always
thought that the correct spelling was Beaume but it appears the Baume is
correct. The scale is named after Antoine Baume (whoever that is) amd
Webster's 3rd New International Dictionary claims that the following are the
correct formulas as given by the U.S. Bureau of Standards.

Use N as degree Baume. For liquids heavier that water the connection
between specific gravity, sp, and N is claimed to be:

sp = 145/(145 + N)

This formula is not consistent with what was reported earlier on the list.
The specific gravity given then corresponds to N = 66.28 and not 66. Not
significant perhaps but if numerical values are given to 4 significant
figures then I expect agreement to 4 significant figures. I have no idea at
the moment which numbers are correct.

For liquids lighter that water the claimed connection is:

sp = 140/(130 + N).

This is at least consistent with the assertion that water is 10 degrees
Baume on the light scale. Water should be 0 degrees Baume on the heavy scale.

Both of the above are for liquids at 60 degrees F. As I compute it that
would be 15.6 degrees C.

We now leave our Fun with Science program, please stay tuned for the best of
Benny Hill.

Eugene Robkin
erobkin@uwcmail.uwc.edu