At 03:00 PM 1/20/99 -0500, TIGEROOTES@aol.com wrote:
>Perhaps this is the little known 1962 Tiger prototype by Mr. Kamm !!!
How about these "Kamm" references.
http://home.pacbell.net/rcguerra/abarth.html
or, as in Kammer (camera)
or, closer to the German roots (Rootes?)
http://www.freizeitbad.de/liste.html
In German, the word "Kamm" (nouns are capitalized auf deutsch) means comb,
ridge, cam (e.g., camshaft), horses mane, and various and sundry other
meanings. The word "Kammer" means chamber (as in Kammer musik), hollow,
camera, etc. I'm guessing the term "Kamm" in reference to the aerodynamic
design has this latter German word as its source, but slightly corrupted by
truncation, but still retaining the capitalization which misleads us
English speaking folks to assume there must be a "Mr. Kamm". However, don't
let this attempt at erudition spoil the fun.
Viel zu sehr spass machen in San Diego,
Bob
Robert L. Palmer
Dept. of AMES, Univ. of Calif., San Diego
rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu
rpalmer@cts.com
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