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From: fred@mot.UUCP (Fred Christiansen)
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Subject: Re: Ah !  The Good Old Times
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Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 14:54:25 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 27 14:54:25 1985
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"dollar" is a transform of "tollar", the name for currency minted in a
Czech(?) town that mined silver, minted coinage, and got involved with
hydraulics, vacuum and atmospheric pressure.
	it's been several years, but there was a series on PBS regarding
how one thing leads to another to another, etc. and that's where i got
the above.  the show was hosted by an Englishman.
	does anyone remember the name of the series?
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