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From: tonjon@fluke.UUCP (Tony Johnson)
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Subject: Re: Edinburgh & Munich
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Date: Mon, 1-Jul-85 21:46:03 EDT
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> > In article <4207@hlexa.UUCP> wjhe@hlexa.UUCP writes:
> > >While in Munich, be sure to spend a day or so at the Deutsche Museum.
> > >It's the German national museum of science and technology, and in many
> > >ways much more informative than our Smithsonian (which is more a collection
> > >of scientific artifacts than a place to gain understanding of technology).
> > 

	ETC.

> As of 1982, the exhibit labels were multi-lingual, but the more detailed
> explanations were only in German; the guide book can be purchased in 
> English.  

	ETC.

> 
> Bill Hery
>  

	I was there last week and loved it even though I couldn't read 95% of
	the displays.  I've never been to the Smithsonian, so I couldn't really
	give you a comparison.

	If you like flight, it's wonderful even without english text.  They have
	an Messerschmitt (sp?) Me 163 and 262, and a full-scale cutaway model of
	a V2, an F104, power plants, flight suits, etc., etc....

	The electrical engineering section is concerned with power generation
	and transmission, so don't expect to see any micro electronics or
	computer stuff (although it looked like they were setting up a demon-
	stration of robotics using a mainframe mini and an industrial robot 
	arm).  This is not to say it isn't worthwhile to see (especially if
	you're interested in seeing 1-2 foot sparks with a lot of smoke and
	noise).

	I LIKED IT!!!

					Tony Johnson
					John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
					Everett, WA
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