Hi Barry, Your'e not isolated anymore man, we lovers of the West Indies in the museum field hear your request. I've seen an exhibit on navy ships and water flow around miniature hulls done on the vertical.It appears there is a gell that is colored. The Mariner's Museum in Norfolk Virginia 100 Museum Drive,Newport News Va 23606 Tel 757-596-2222 and 800 581-7245 Fax 804-591-7310 Director of Exhibitions is Priscilla Hauger they were not open at this writing it is only 9am so I couldn't get their Email address for you. Also there is a very talented person in our North Carolina State museum system he is Jerry Heiser-Exhibits Curator at our Maritime Museum .Their Email address is [log in to unmask] Jerry designed an exhibit with vertical triangular columns that rotated 360 degrees similar to those large billboard signs on our mainland highways. This way your exhibit space is trippled. He even had openings on one side to set in an artifact. Also what about the gell wave machines popular back in the 60's you could buy in specialty stores? One more for you .When I was in San Diego I went to the Reuben H.Fleet Science Center I have no contact name for you tied to exhibits. Their Fax # is 619-231-8971 Phone # is 619-238-1233 and 232-6866 Best of luck ,have a rum for me. I'm a sailor and completed a 12 day charter in BVI on a 38ft Beneteauthis may.My son is on St Marteen studying to be a doctor. We love the Indies. Len Hambleton > -----Original Message----- > From: Barry Dressel [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Monday, September 15, 1997 11:06 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Wave machine > > Isolated as I am out here in the Indies where the rum is brewed, I > wonder > if I could ask for some exhibit help? Namely we are in the process of > scripting an exhibit titled "Wind, Tides, Currents, Trash." In > various > science museums I have seen visitor-activated wave machines--basically > a > prop that shows that a wave is not moving water, but moving energy. I > want > one big enough so that we could illustrate the break when the wave > pulse > encounters the bottom. I would prefer to fabricate our own, since we > have > a pretty sophisticated exhibits shop inhouse. Anyone seen one of > these and > know where we could find plans? > Barry Dressel > Turks and Caicos National Museum, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos > Islands, > British West Indies