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To: LittleLinda

Van de Graaff generators

Not de, it’s Der


1,265 posted on 01/08/2023 11:00:26 AM PST by Gasshog (Too often, my cursor jumps to a place I didn’t intend for it to jump and the typing contin)
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To: Gasshog

Van de Graaff generators

“Not de, it’s Der”
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Lol! Ah yes, the rock band, Van der Graaf Generator. I wonder if any of the band mates were directly or distantly related to the American physicist and inventor of the original Van de Graaff generator, Robert Jemison Van de Graaff. It’s always a curiosity to me how bands come up with their names. Mott the Hoople, Chumbawamba, Limp Bizkit, Toad the Wet Sprocket.


1,267 posted on 01/08/2023 11:37:05 AM PST by LittleLinda
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