[Phys-l] Harappa! Was: Re: SOLAR , NUCLEAR ENERGY etc.

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

sl.  = slightly                     sl. s. is chem. argot from the  
Rubber Co. Hdbh.
IIAC = if I am correct

bc's  translating "AFAIK"  was a sl. struggle.   And prays BW  
struggled thru despite ...

p.s.  I found the article:  The culture is named after the village  
(Harappa) which sits upon one of their great towns.  Urban culture  
from about 2.5k B.C.  Overrun about 1.5 B.C.   It encompassed an area  
bounded by the Arabian Sea (60 miles) to the Himalayan foothills 1 K  
miles to the East.  So far (Nov. 1953 Sci. am.) 70 villages had been  
found and twin capitals (each ~ 20 K pop. total ~ 100 K) separated by  
about 500 miles.  It was a bronze culture w/ gold and precious stone  
jewelry.   Unlike most other ancient cultures a "Rosetta Stone" has  
not been found.  No lit. but advanced writing craft; 400 characters ~  
half variants of ~ 250 characters.  Mensuration:  foot (13.2 ") and  
cubit (20.62 ")  Weights:  the unit 13.64 grams multiple scale  
curious:  1, 2, 8/3, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 160, 200, 320, 640, ...    
quoting: "... the enforcement of the standard over so wide an area  
suggests careful control and inspection."


skip the Sci.  Am. article; go directly to:

http://www.harappa.com/


On 2009, Apr 11, , at 16:51, Brian Whatcott wrote:

> Bernard Cleyet wrote:
> > That's why FDR was so hated -- sl. misdirected, as it was, IIAC, due
> > to his wife's prodding.
> This opening sounds as though it could have been interesting, with  
> just
> a few
>  more words and a little less compression. What does it mean, I  
> wonder?
>
> Brian W
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