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Eskimo roller

SEP 01, 1971

DOI: 10.1063/1.3022926

John T. Scott

Eskimo roller. Actually James C. Sindelar is not an eskimo but an associate professor of electrical engineering at New Hampshire Technical Institute. He wrote the winning entry in the competition, sponsored by the Old Town Canoe Company, advertised in the January issue of physics today; our photograph shows him in the slalom kayak that was awarded as the competition prize.

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