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119 pages of results. 281. A LEAD TO FOLLOW [Journals] [Pensee]
... To what extent did the C-14 level in the atmosphere vary, as a result perhaps of worldwide forest fires, changes in the amount of water in the oceans, or the intrusion of carbon from extra-terrestrial sources? Is it possible that, as the work of Anderson and Spangler suggests, the radioactive decay constant was at times changed by massive electrical discharges? Have C-14 dates unfavourable to the conventional chronology been (deliberately or otherwise) suppressed? Can the tree-ring sequences be matched with the accuracy claimed by the dendrochronologists? All these questions are discussed, and one cannot escape the feeling that historians, both orthodox and unorthodox, are prepared to grasp at scientific techniques when the results support ...
282. Encounters and Collisions [Books] [de Grazia books]
... the security of the celestial order. Nothing in his unparalleled mathematical and physical achievements kept him from soberly portraying the effects of collisions of the Earth with comets, and expressing the view that these had occurred and would probably again occur. He warned of movements that he could not take into account in his calculations, and mentioned the forces of electricity and magnetism whose effects were then unnoticeable. The gravitational balance of the solar system, he proved, however, was near perfect, an empirical demonstration that became a shibboleth to astronomy and thence to progressive mankind. The present trend to accommodate ancient cometary and meteoroid encounters in the earth sciences and biology cannot but bring about a revolution in ...
283. Intensity, Scope and Suddenness [Books] [de Grazia books]
... Earliest man says, too, that the Earth exploded a great deal of material into the sky, including possibly the Moon, which, in any event, he claims to be a late arrival. 11. He claims that the Earth changed its motions repeatedly and that its surface morphology was drastically modified. 12. Primeval humans refer to electric discharges of the type of St. Elmo's fire and thunderbolts as much more frequent, even continuous at times, and often of much greater intensity than at present. 13. Finally, early humans thought that they had observed their own "creation"; that is, immediately upon being humanized, they felt capable of observing their distinctive ...
284. Magnetic Poles Reversed. Ch.9 Axis Shifted (Earth In Upheaval) [Velikovsky] [Velikovsky Earth in Upheaval]
... the rocks of the earth is unknown and the fact contradicts every cosmological theory. The strength of magnetization of the rocks with inverted polarity is astonishing. Now, if the earth's axis changed its direction or position under the influence of an external magnetic field, we should expect to find the following: The external magnetic field would create eddy (electrical) currents in the surface layers of the earth; the currents would create a magnetic field around the earth that would counteract the external magnetic field. The strength of the magnetic field created by the eddy currents would be dependent on the external magnetic field and the velocity with which the earth travelled through it. The thermal effect of the ...
285. Geological Genesis [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... slightly egg-shaped with the small end towards the Earth [3 ], the Earth in rotation around proto-Saturn would also have been slightly pear-shaped with the crustal land mass concentrated in a bulge turned towards its primary. At the centre of Pangaea where Earth was closest to proto-Saturn there was the mythological World Mountain [4 ], a place of continuous electrical discharge and activity [5 ]. The continents would have formed the one land mass, surrounded on all sides by a large shallow sea. Observations have shown that most Saturnian moons at present also show synchronous rotation which means that the same face of the satellite is always presented to the planet [6 ]. It is also proposed ...
286. A Tale Of Two Venuses [Journals] [Velikovskian]
... suspension high in the Venusian atmosphere to generate additional dust. After citing some of Velikovsky's mythic evidence he adds: "So it seems evident that Venus did indeed wear a beard in ancient times .. .. " "Taking a hint from the loess [which Petersen claims fell from the sky], one is tempted to conclude that electrical forces lay at the heart of the phenomenon. Namely, . . . the loessian silt panicles carried an electrical charge when they emerged into our world space . . . . We also saw [earlier] how electrically charged water droplets similarly emerge into our atmosphere, thereby energizing thunderbolts. Because of this electrical charge, and the resulting ...
287. Thoth Vol I, No. 5: March 14, 1997 [Journals] [Thoth]
... walt@netinfo.com.au) For those who prefer to believe that the early description of Venus as a comet can be explained away as a case of mistaken identity, I present some of the physical evidence which must also be explained away. Much of the following material comes from my paper to the 1993 SIS Cambridge conference. ELECTRICAL PHENOMENA The Venera spacecraft found continuous lightning activity from 32km down to about 2km altitude, with discharges as frequent as an amazing 25 per second. The highest recorded rate on Earth is 1.4 /sec during a severe blizzard. The Pioneer lander recorded 1000 radio impulses. Thirty-two minutes after landing, Venera 11 detected a very loud ...
288. Forums [Journals] [SIS Review]
... interrupted at a premature stage, I would like to add some comments. Sometimes, ancient myths and narratives describe things that seem inexplicable in terms of gravitation. I myself once believed in "electrostatic repulsion" as an answer to, unsolved problems (2 ), But there is nothing static about astrophysics. Everything is dynamic. If an electric charge is transferred to a celestial body, like the Earth, this charge will be gone almost instantaneously. The electric conductance between the ionosphere of the Earth and the surrounding plasma is almost perfect, for the simple reason that there is nothing to prevent charged particles (electrons, protons, ions) from leaving the ionosphere. It is ...
289. Society News [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... Bible, Velikovsky had given but little attention to the one depicted as Elijah went up to heaven in a fiery whirlwind, but Zysman realised that this was not uncommon in many other traditions, with fiery spirals, serpents of fire etc. Zysman's thesis is, briefly, following Velikovsky, that as Earth passed through meteoric debris there were great electrical effects, with the discharge of ionised gases and the flow of electrons and protons into Earth through the poles. Discharges of ionised gases or plasmas are seen today in the form of ball lightning, which is treated as an anomalous phenomenon by orthodox science. In ancient traditions there are many descriptions of gods hurling what appear to be balls ...
290. Thoth Vol I, No. 14: May 21, 1997 [Journals] [Thoth]
... the Swiss National Science Foundation. Simulation images are available on the World Wide Web at URL: http://hpcc.engin.umich.edu/HPCC/recent3/index.html Submitted by Ian Tresman- MORE VENUS DIALOGUE [EDITOR'S NOTE: IN PREVIOUS POSTS WALLACE THORNHILL HAS CONTENDED THAT THE PLANET VENUS SHOWS SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE OF ELECTRICAL INTERACTION WITH ITS ENVIRONMENT, A CONDITION SUGGESTING BOTH AN ELECTRICAL IMBALANCE AND AN UNUSUAL, "COMET" -LIKE HISTORY.] [Wal Thornhill, continuing his dialogue with Tim Thompson]: The Venera spacecraft found continuous lightning activity from 32km down to about 2km altitude, with discharges as frequent as an amazing 25 per second. The ...
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