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;2W£L Tin fv\ mi NEWSLETTER th #3$ 85 year as a forum for the exchange of information in the scientific and technical fields. Vol 80 No 33 Meets each Monday, Children's Museum, 3000 N Meridian St, Indianapolis Sept. 8, 2003 Luncheon-$ 9.00-11:30 A.M., Program -12 :00 Noon (Reservations not necessary) Send all address changes to: J. R. (Dick) Judkins, President-255-4837 Harold J. Wesselman, Secretary Kenneth G. Smith, Vice-president-329-0839 6925 Dover Road Charles F. McCauley, Treasurer~293-3045 Indianapolis, IN 46220-3821 Lewis A. Marshall, Newsletter-862-4931 To reach a member in an emergency, call Museum Security at sphere is 1.3 66d distant from the corner of the cube 334-4006 or 334-3303. measured along the diagonal of the cube. When two SCHEDULED PROGRAMS spheres are tightly fitted into a cube, in diagonally (SUBJECT TO LAST MINUTE CHANGES) opposite corners, the diagonal measures 1.366 times September the sum of the sphere diameters. The diagonal of a 12 15 Program: Life Sciences & Role of Physics inch cube measures 12v3 =20.784 inches. The five Development at IU, Bloomington inch sphere takes up (1.3 66) (5) = 6.830 inches along Speaker: Dr. Kumble Subbaswamy the diagonal, leaving 13.954 inches for the second sphere. Dividing this by 1.366 gives 10.215 inches for 22 Program: Air Pollution the diameter of the second sphere. Speaker: John Welch STATE LIBRARY 29 Program: Biological Clock Explained Speaker: Drs. James & Dorothy Moore' October SEP 1 2 2003 6 Program: Data, Data Everywhere INDIANA Speaker: Dr. Jeff Vitter, Dean V3>= 1.732// Purdue University School of Science H. Nelson Crooks, puzzle editor 7 Board of Directors Meeting 6:00 p.m . - Children's Museum Scientech Web Site 13 Program: New Airport Construction http ://www. scientechclub. org Speaker: John Kish More Facts? (Author unknown) 20 Program: Geologic Time A2X4 is really 1-1/2 by 3-1/2. Speaker: Dr. Tom Chamberlain University of Indianapolis 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals. 27 Program: TBA Answer to Puzzle #311 Every person has a unique eye & tongue print. A cubical box with 12x12x12 inch inside dimensions has a 5 inch diameter sphere sitting in one of its The "spot" on the 7-Up comes from its inventor who corners, touching all 3 walls of that corner. You want had red eyes. He was an albino. to put another sphere in the diagonally opposite corner of the cube. What is the diameter of the largest sphere 315 entries in Webster's 1996 dictionary were that you can put into the cube while the 5 inch sphere misspelled. remains in place? During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur", a small red car Consider a sphere enclosed in a cube with edges can be seen in the distance. equal to the diameter of the sphere, d. The length of a face diagonal is -J2d. The length of the cube On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong diagonal is <43d~ L732*/. Thus, the diagonal parents daily! extends 0.366d distance beyond the surface of the sphere on each side. When the sphere is sitting in the John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of corner of a larger cube, the outside surface of the Abraham Lincoln's son. Vol. 80 No. 33 rooms on the main level. The majority of these September 8, 2003 Attendance 54 rooms reflect the 1930s period of the Lilly Oldfields Renovation - IMA family's occupancy and almost 90 percent of the By: Mark Zelonis furnishings and decorative arts objects featured In 1966, Oldfields was donated to the Indianap belonged to the Lillys and were used in the home. olis Art Association (founded 1883) by Josiah K. Lilly III & his sister Ruth Lilly, descendants The upper level of Lilly House, which offers of Josiah K. Lilly, Jr., for use in developing a expansive views of Oldfields' magnificent new Indianapolis Museum of Art (1970). The landscape and gardens, features historical and IMA is presently in the midst of a transforma interactive exhibits. The second level features tion that will unite the strengths of its world- samples of Mr. Lilly's world-renowned collec class collections, historic properties and beauti tions of books, gold coins, military miniatures ful landscape. When this ambitious expansion and nautical items. project is complete, the New IMA will welcome visitors to a vibrant new museum featuring three The nationally recognized collections of the distinct art experiences: the Indianapolis Mu Indianapolis Museum of Art represent many seum of Art, the Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & cultures through history. Soon these great Nature Park and Oldfields—Lilly House & works of art will be displayed in a welcoming Gardens. new building complex that offers diverse spaces in which to interact with art, including new In the 1920's, the Hugh McLandons (then own educational facilities. ers of Oldfields) hired Percival Gallagher of the famous landscape architecture firm Olmstead The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park Brothers to develop the grounds of the estate. will benefit residents and visitors to the city, The firm created grass wards, fountains, and providing a place to learn about art and the intimate areas utilizing massed plantings and environment in a 100-acre park immediately statuary; much of their plan is still apparent. adjacent to the IMA's main campus. This beau tiful natural area, which connects to Indy Parks Recently designated a National Historic Land Greenways system, will feature temporary and mark, Oldfields—Lilly House & Gardens is an permanent exhibitions of contemporary art. elegant 26-acre estate and historic house mu seum located on the grounds of the IMA. At the Listed on the National Register of Historic heart of Oldfields is Lilly House, the 22-room Places, Oldfields—Lilly House & Gardens, the mansion that was once home of J.K. Lilly Jr., historic estate and former home of J.K. Lilly Jr. the late Indianapolis businessman, collector and and his family, opened in 2002. With elegant philanthropist. Lilly House has undergone architecture set amidst beautiful gardens and historic restoration and is now open to the grounds, here one can learn about the American public. Country Place movement and appreciate its true glory. Lilly House features eight furnished historic Lewis Marshall, editor .