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Message #10190



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "Thomas Pilgaard" ascii@hum.auc.dk
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 09:44:34 +0100
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Cool Idea, or so i think!


Oh (slowly a number of signals in Thomas' brain accumulates to form not a
"aha" experience but an "oh right, ok" experience).

I've taken a look at the links. I get the idea.

Thanks a lot.

Thomas

> 1 word found for "solenoid"
> Main Entry: so.le.noid
> Pronunciation: 'sO-l&-"noid, 's@-
> Function: noun
> Etymology: French solenoide, from Gk sOlEnoeidEs pipe-shaped, from Greek
> sOlEn pipe
> Date: 1827
> : a coil of wire usually in cylindrical form that when carrying a current
> acts like a magnet so that a movable core is drawn into the coil when a
> current flows and that is used especially as a switch or control for a
> mechanical device (as a valve)
> - so.le.noi.dal /"sO-l&-'noi-d[^&]l, "s@-/ adjective
>
> try...
> http://rsphysse.anu.edu.au/~rwb112/SP3/Helen/edu/sol_page/solenoid.html
> and look at this page to see some common (not really usable for
> BEAM) for a
> idea of what you see everyday...
> http://www.takaha.com/main.html
>
> hope this helps,
> Timothy...
>
> >I'm curious : what !are! solenoids? I've never heard the term before.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Thomas
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-beam@sgiblab.sgi.com [mailto:owner-beam@sgiblab.sgi.com]On
> > > Behalf Of Mike Kulesza
> > > Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2000 7:20 PM
> > > To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> > > Subject: Re: Cool Idea, or so i think!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Kind off like biped walker?
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10191 Monday, 14 February 2000 10:19 Re: Cool Idea Answers beam@sgiblab.sgi.com BUDSCOTT@aol.com
>Even if the solenoid isn't push, won't it still spring back, i'm pretty
sure
>the kind i'm getting (MPJA) are push, but to the best of my recollection
>solenoids have a descent spring back, right?

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