I looked into the flat earth business, when I was searching for myths the other day. Seems that most educated people knew the earth was a sphere far before the fifteenth century. Washington Irving is responsible for the misinformation. When he dramatized Columbus' voyage and "discovery," he decided that the flat-earth story would make it all more dramatic in that the crew would think they were going to sail off the edge of the world. It was a fairy tale. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > No, it had not been officially flat since sometime in the 1500's. > > David J Brooks wrote: > > On 5/22/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> In 1857 the Earth was still officially in the "Little Ice Age", it was a > >> lot cooler. > > > > And it was still flat then to. > > > > Dave > >> graywolf wrote: > >>> I just came across a site on the web that says that Jingle Bells was > originally written as a Thanksgiving Day song. Must have been cooler back in > 1857. Strangely I do not remember this verse from school, > >>> > >>> > >>>> A day or two ago > >>>> I thought I'd take a ride > >>>> And soon Miss Fanny Bright > >>>> Was seated by my side > >>>> The horse was lean and lank > >>>> Misfortune seemed his lot > >>>> We got into a drifted bank > >>>> And then we got upsot > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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