Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2.fluke 9/24/84; site vax2.fluke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!fluke!tonjon From: tonjon@fluke.UUCP (Tony Johnson) Newsgroups: net.travel Subject: Re: Edinburgh & Munich Message-ID: <781@vax2.fluke.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Jul-85 21:46:03 EDT Article-I.D.: vax2.781 Posted: Mon Jul 1 21:46:03 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Jul-85 08:15:24 EDT References: <2518@randvax.UUCP> <4205@hlexa.UUCP> <4207@hlexa.UUCP> <474@ttidcc.UUCP> <4261@hlexa.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA Lines: 41 > > 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 .