Dear Andrew,

You'll have to forgive my ignorance in this bit
of paronomasia. Tellus and Nilfisk aren't exactly
household words in the US and may be Greco aos Bandeirantes do São Paulo.

Harry


At 06:45 AM 7/22/2007, you wrote:
>>Dear Andrew,
>>
>>I the off chance that you're not pulling our leg, can you offer a reference?
>>
>>I can locate neither taxon in Neave or Moore (ed.).
>>
>>Harry
>
>Oh, guys, I just couldn't resist it. As soon as I saw "Tellus"...
>
>Tellus was a brand of commercial vacuumcleaner. It was taken-over by Nilfisk.
>
>It isn't entirely irrelevant to shells... I have used Tellus GAE and
>the replacement Nilfisk motors in vacuums in my paleo lab
>extensively. A Nilfisk fan fell apart one time... made an impressive
>mess.
>--
>Regards
>Andrew
>
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