http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33397
http://www.osti.gov/includes/opennet/includes/Understanding%20the%20Atom/Accelerators%20V.2.pdf
Science
Occult Movement, 19th C.
Occult Movement phenomena of the 19th century might be passed off as so much psycho-socio-cultural snake-oil and patent-medicine, or worse as simply a weakness to which our ancestors in their more-limited state of develop would have been prone, but to which modern-day people have of course evolved & grown beyond. … cont’d >
Aether as perspective on science
Aether turned out not to exist, and the scientific challenges that prompted its developement were addressed, nominally solved & pragmatically retired, by other means. The ‘dual nature’ of light (particle-wave), and all electromagnetic radiation is the accepted answer. The problem is, we can no more directly demonstrate the existence of these light ‘particles’, than we could the proposed aether. … cont’d >
Dark Matter repeating an old failed-strategy?
Dark Matter is not being proposed because any new evidence has been found for a new phenomenon. Instead, it is proposed because an existing package of theory, a formula for how things work, appears to be broken. ‘Uh, oh … Dark Matter, maybe’! … cont’d >
Parsimony in science & technology
Parsimony in science & scholastics – aka Occam’s Razor – advises us not make a problem any tougher than it has to be. It’s an essential principle in technology, for troubleshooting & maintainance of our Stuff. It says the most likely answer or solution, is the most obvious or direct one. If you flip the switch and the light doesn’t come on, most likely the bulb is burned out, not that you should rewire the house. … cont’d >
Plate Tectonics
Atlantis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Atlantis_map_1882_crop.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atlantis_map_1882.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignatius_L._Donnelly
Gordon Stein has noted that “most of what Donnelly said was highly questionable or downright wrong.”[11] [Like Lemuria?!]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Atlantis.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Scott-Elliott
Phillip Sclater
scientist, Lemuria theory
Mineralized stream, West Lake Mills Trail, Olympic Nat’l Park
Mineralized stream, West Lake Mills Trail follows the former shoreline of the former Lake Mills, now drained as part of the Elwha River Restoration Project. Well out along this 2 mile trail is a small stream, in which everything the water flows over and splashes on, is heavily encrusted with lime.
Mineralized stream, Michael’s Cabin, Elwha River, Olympic Nat’l Park
Michael’s Cabin is a preserved historic log cabin about 1.8 mi from the beginning of the Elwha River Trail, a major trail in Olympic National Park. Near this cabin a small brook crosses the trail, and everything the water touches or splashes on is coated with (what looks like) lime.