Dear List and Chris, Ref. Needham, 21. Meteorology, pg. 462
"Meteorology is a word which has undergone much change of the meaning since the time when it ws born in ancient Greece. For example, Aristole (as in his Meteorologica) it included the study of many phenomena which is now know to be celestial, such as meteors and meteorites (from which it took its name). comets, and the Milky Way, though at the time they were classed as belonging to the `sublunary` world. Ancient meteorology also included much would now be called physical geography, such as the origin and nature of rivers, the distribution of land and sea, etc., and also mineralogical matters such as the formation of metals and rocks." Sincerely, Dirk Ross..Tokyo __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list