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    I've heard of that device. No way I can remember what it or its inventor are called though

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    Leon Theremin!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by silentC
    Leon Theremin!!
    That's it.

    His invention was most famous for the musical effects in the film "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and the Beach Boy's song "Good Vibrations".

    The "instrument" was often used as a cheesy way of giving b-grade sci-fi or horror film an eerie, spooky feel.

    http://www.thereminworld.com/learn.asp

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    I think the pic is a mirror image....
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    Edwin Powell Hubble

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    Ah, the mirror image clue, mongrel
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    Likely lads?

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    I've seen that photo somewhere but I can't think in connection with what..... :confused:

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    Burgess and Mclean. MI5 ring a bell?

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    Weren't those the two who discovered the double helix in DNA

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    Quote Originally Posted by MathewA
    Weren't those the two who discovered the double helix in DNA
    Well I'll give it to you Mathew, even if you didn't supply the names.

    You are quite correct it is a picture of James Watson & Francis Crick, the discoverers of DNA.

    Your go mate.

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    There's a hint in the jpeg title - and he's a Canadian of all things

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    Alexander Graham Bell who should have been shot, because of this nasty Canadian we have telemarketers
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    Quote Originally Posted by Iain
    Alexander Graham Bell who should have been shot, because of this nasty Canadian we have telemarketers
    Give that man a foilie. On to you Iain

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    Thankyou thyankyou, but the clue was probably a bit too easy, and I just crawled out of bed to check emails...........
    Who is this fine gentleman, he is no longer with us but leaves us with his legacy in an analytical field.
    Last edited by Iain; 13th May 2005 at 08:12 AM. Reason: better quality image
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