settle@siemens.UUCP (01/31/86)
Trivia Fact for Friday January 31: 1928 Scotch tape was marketed by the 3-M Company of St. Paul, Minnesota.
ant3@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Butch Anton) (02/04/86)
As an aside to this trivia fact, does anyone out there
know what 3M stands for, and how it originated?
[Mail me the answers, and if anyone/everone comes up with
a more complete answer than the one I have, I'll give them
all the credit in the world and post their answer, if not,
I'll post my measly incomplete answer :-) ]
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Butch Anton
University of Chicago
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Chicago, IL 60649 (312) 731-6750 worktaylor@glasgow.glasgow.UUCP (Jem Taylor) (02/11/86)
In article <1582@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> ant3@sphinx.UUCP writes: >As an aside to this trivia fact, does anyone out there >know what 3M stands for, and how it originated? sorry, they don't let us email across the atlantic - we have to post (!) 3M - easy, Minnesota Mining & Metals. But what is the real name of that other acronymic mag. tape manufacturer, BASF ? Answer next week if no-one posts before then. -Jemima Puddleduck -o (==)
awr@panda.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers) (02/14/86)
In article <363@glasgow.glasgow.UUCP> taylor@glasgow.UUCP (Jem Taylor) writes: >3M - easy, Minnesota Mining & Metals. But what is the real name of that >other acronymic mag. tape manufacturer, BASF ? > Answer next week if no-one posts before then. Bayerische Anilin und Soda Fabrik. AWR
hedden@atux01.UUCP (D. Hedden) (02/14/86)
> In article <363@glasgow.glasgow.UUCP> taylor@glasgow.UUCP (Jem Taylor) writes: >3M - easy, Minnesota Mining & Metals. ... I may be wrong (usually am), but I distinctly remember commercials being for Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Corporation. "The moving hand writes ..." Don