Re: The Cavendish experiment

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@HEP.ANL.GOV>]

        Ahhh, yes, Brian.  I fear that the density of your message was
great that it was destined to be misunderstood.
                                Regards,
                                        Jack

Adam was by constitution and proclivity a scientist; I was the same, and
we loved to call ourselves by that great name...Our first memorable
scientific discovery was the law that water and like fluids run downhill,
not up.
                          Mark Twain, <Extract from Eve's Autobiography>

On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, brian whatcott wrote:

> At 09:32 2/24/00 -0600, Laurent responded to this:
> > > ...
> > > It's amusing to catch a rare slip in the eponymous article describing
> > > this very diffident, retiring person (14th ed. Enc. Brit. 1957 printing):
> > >
> > > "Cavendish's last great achievement was his series of experiments
> > > to determine the destiny of the Earth (Phil Trans 1798)..."
>
> > The Encyclopedia is right!
> ...
> > Laurent Hodges
>
> He *did* determine the destiny of the Earth, then?  :-)
>
> Brian W
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>
> Altus OK