Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site psivax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!psivax!friesen From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) Newsgroups: net.origins Subject: Re: archeopteryx: THE PILTDOWN CHICKEN Message-ID: <814@psivax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 18:51:00 EST Article-I.D.: psivax.814 Posted: Fri Oct 25 18:51:00 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 30-Oct-85 03:46:48 EST References: <420@imsvax.UUCP> <880@gitpyr.UUCP> <336@bcsaic.UUCP> Reply-To: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) Organization: Pacesetter Systems Inc., Sylmar, CA Lines: 33 Summary: In article <336@bcsaic.UUCP> pamp@bcsaic.UUCP (pam pincha) writes: > >I would also like to note that the claims have not been even slightly >accepted. The comments made about the specimens would be highly unlikely >given the unusual type of limestone they are found in. It is a very fine >grained micritic limestone. It has such an even surface that it makes >an excellant base for printing lithographic prints -- hence its common >name of lithostone. To do what Sir Hoyle(who has little experience in >micro-petrology) claims was done would be quite a feat indeed. What exactly does Hoyle claim to have done? >I'd like to see some electron microscope work (AND some >micro-petrographic studies done first) these would show up differences >that would be much more difinitive. Ditto! > >I'm not convinced that a cosmologist could tell the difference >between different limestone types that occur naturally - let alone >if cement had been used. > Hold it! Isn't cment essentially just crushed limestone in water?!?! If he is trying to claim that part of the specimen is in artificial cement he is on shaky ground! I doubt *I* could tell the difference between fine grain cement and micritic limestone, and I am more qualified in that area than Dr Hoyle. -- Sarima (Stanley Friesen) UUCP: {ttidca|ihnp4|sdcrdcf|quad1|nrcvax|bellcore|logico}!psivax!friesen ARPA: ttidca!psivax!friesen@rand-unix.arpa