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Re: velocity of incandecense vs atmosphere density?
Hi Ron,
Hmm.
Probably true except for obvious flaw, how could an elephant stand on a
turtle with out crushing it to bits?
I just can't see it.
An elephant is much stronger although I can see the shell angle playing a
factor in the turtles favour...
Cheers..
----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Hartman <rhartman@mtsac.edu>
To: Alexander <themelis@albedo.net>; metlist
<meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 6:05 PM
Subject: 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?
> >
> >
> >
> >Subject: Re: velocity of incandecense vs atmosphere density
> >
> >
> >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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