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Jim Holland pghpcc at pacbell.net
Wed Dec 8 13:55:35 EST 1999


Greetings!

Jim Holland wrote:

>         Actually the tunnel measurment I have is 3,498 feet.  IF you could make
> your outside radius 24" and the inside radius 22" and spiral down and
> then up 3 loops each and crossing over from outside to inside or inside
> to outside spiral in each direction,

	Sorry, Bob  --  that is 12" radius, 24" diameter and 11" radius or 22"
diameter.  Need the diameter to figure the circumference of the circle
and I mistakenly used it as radius in this report!

James B. Holland
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