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Re: velocity of incandecense vs atmosphere density?

The way I heard it, the story goes this way.....the world is held up by
Atlas.  Atlas is standing on the back of an elephant.  The elephant is
standing on the back of a turtle.  When pressed, the wise man (the meteorite
dealer "!" or who-ever you want in the subject of your story) replies "its
turtles all the way down".

-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander <themelis@albedo.net>
To: metlist <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sunday, October 31, 1999 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: velocity of incandecense vs atmosphere density?


>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Alexander
>To: metlist
>Sent: Saturday, October 30, 1999 12:35 PM
>Subject: RE: velocity of incandecense vs atmosphere density?
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>Subject: Re: velocity of incandecense vs atmosphere density
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>Hi Geo,
>I bet that burns real good!
>The secrets of nature are all in the periodic table, eh?
>
>get yours at the above link.
>
>
>Does anyone know where I can get HSC chemistry for windows?
>
>There is a great book I have about the machinations of the sun, it is
>called, "Blinded by the light", by John Gribbin.
>
>Probably pretty elementary for a lot of you folks, but for anyone who wants
>to know more about our sun, check it out...
>
>Here is one for you, Geozay,
>
>A wise eastern sage was asked by a kid, "what holds up the world?" The wise
>man said , "an elephant".
>The kid goes, " what is the elephant standing on?"
>The wise man  thinks a bit and then he goes,"it's elephants all the way
>down...."
>
>Regards from Alex
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <GeoZay@aol.com>
>To: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
>Sent: Saturday, October 30, 1999 11:38 AM
>Subject: Re: velocity of incandecense vs atmosphere density
>
>
>>
>>
>> alex>>Most forms of burning require oxygen.<<
>>
>> This is usually true....although oxygen is not a requirement for all
>fires.
>> what is mainly needed is some kind of oxidizer. Hydrogen will burn quite
>> violently in an atmosphere of pure Florine for example. No oxygen is
>involved
>> at all either directly or indirectly.
>>
>> alex>>a bigger question, if fire is your topic, is how does the sun
appear
>to
>> burn?
>> There is no oxygen there...<<
>>
>> I once had a kid suggest to me that we can put the fire out on the sun if
>we
>> had a long enough hose from the earth's ocean to the sun.
>> GeoZay
>>
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