Temco clock dates

The date of its movement gives an indication of the date of a Temco synchronous clock. The Mark IV movement was produced from about 1933 to 1938, and the Mark V movement from 1938 to the late 1940s. The notes on the Temco page have been updated.

Change of Address

The address for The Les Pook Miscellany is now www.lespook.com. The old address will work until July.

Flexagons

The January 2012 issue of ‘The College Mathematics Journal’ is a Martin Gardner Special Issue. It includes three papers on flexagons which were introduced to a wide audience 50 years ago by Martin Gardner. For my paper see Gardner 13-cmj011-014-pook

Comments

I welcome comments on the content of my website and, where appropriate, try to respond to them promptly. Comments are moderated, and only accepted if they are relevant and appropriate. In particular, comments that are advertisements are not accepted.

Smith Granddaughter Clock

A Smith synchronous electric granddaughter clock, which I have previous referred to as Model GM 30, is actually a Gibraltar, date range 1935-1939. This date range matches a known date of 1935 for one particular clock. I have updated descriptions on the Smith page to include the correct model name, and apologise for publishing misleading information.

My research into synchronous electric clocks is an ongoing activity, and I always correct errors in clock descriptions as soon as I become aware of them.

Synchronous clock queries

I welcome queries on synchronous clocks. If anyone would like a private response, rather than a public reply to a query, please indicate this in the comment. I will then send a response by email and not approve the comment for publication.

Website Update

I have updated the subpages  on various makes of synchronous clocks to included photographs of most of the clocks described. As before, more information can be found by clicking on a link. i have also added descriptions of several more clocks.

Flexagon Lovers

Does anyone know what has happened to the Flexagon Lovers group hosted by Yahoo?  The site is still there, but there have been no new postings since the beginning of the year. A posting I sent in January has never appeared.

Serious Fun with Flexagons

A substantially cheaper paperback edition of ‘Serious fun with flexagons. A compendium and guide.’ is now available from Springer to people who have access, through their libraries, to Springer ebooks. The text is identical to the original hardback edition. The book can be read online. Go to www.springer.com and search for Pook.

Some Quotations

I’ve added the following quotations to the Quotations page.

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Bert Lance. Nation’s Business. May1972.

The buck stops here.
Harry S Truman. Motto.

Nemo me impune lacessit. (No one provokes me with impunity.)
Crown of Scotland and all Scottish regiments. Motto.

Only one-third of human beings are asleep at one time, and the other two-thirds are awake and up to mischief somewhere.
Dean Rusk. Attributed.