Re: [Vo]:Roman Dodecahedron Mystery

2011-06-14 Thread mixent
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:23:41 -0700: Hi, [snip] There aren't many hexavalent molecules. Uranium and chromium are two that come to mind. ... U12H12 ? It looks to me like each corner is just a Carbon atom attached to three other Carbon atoms and a Hydrogen atom.

Re: [Vo]:Roman Dodecahedron Mystery

2011-06-14 Thread Alexander Hollins
Crystaline matrix? Its also the natural shape of garnet. One thing I've noticed looking online, while the linked example is a hollow ball, a lot of them weren't completely hollow, they just had shafts that met at the center, but they ALL had a central opening that joined all the holes. I wonder

[Vo]:Roman Dodecahedron Mystery

2011-06-13 Thread Terry Blanton
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/06/10/dodecahedrons-purpose-remains-mystery/ (see piccy) Can you do what the world's archaeologists can't? Can you explain this -- thing? It’s been called a war weapon, a candlestick, a child’s toy, a weather gauge, an astronomical instrument, and a religious

RE: [Vo]:Roman Dodecahedron Mystery

2011-06-13 Thread Jones Beene
This hypothesis is one of the most interesting http://www.romandodecahedron.com/en/hypothese -Original Message- From: Terry Blanton http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/06/10/dodecahedrons-purpose-remains-myst ery/ Can you do what the world's archaeologists can't? Can you explain

Re: [Vo]:Roman Dodecahedron Mystery

2011-06-13 Thread Alexander Hollins
weird On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/06/10/dodecahedrons-purpose-remains-mystery/ (see piccy) Can you do what the world's archaeologists can't? Can you explain this -- thing? It’s been called a war weapon,

Re: [Vo]:Roman Dodecahedron Mystery

2011-06-13 Thread Man on Bridges
Hi, On 13-6-2011 20:09, Jones Beene wrote: This hypothesis is one of the most interesting http://www.romandodecahedron.com/en/hypothese -Original Message- From: Terry Blanton http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/06/10/dodecahedrons-purpose-remains-myst ery/ Can you do what the

Re: [Vo]:Roman Dodecahedron Mystery

2011-06-13 Thread Terry Blanton
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: This hypothesis is one of the most interesting Yeah; but, it seems like an awful lot of work for something you can do with a stick (gnomon). :-) T

Re: [Vo]:Roman Dodecahedron Mystery

2011-06-13 Thread mixent
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:04:14 -0400: Hi, [snip] http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/06/10/dodecahedrons-purpose-remains-mystery/ (see piccy) Can you do what the world's archaeologists can't? Can you explain this -- thing? It's obviously a model of a

RE: [Vo]:Roman Dodecahedron Mystery

2011-06-13 Thread Jones Beene
There aren't many hexavalent molecules. Uranium and chromium are two that come to mind. ... U12H12 ? -Original Message- From: mix...@bigpond.com It's obviously a model of a molecule, with H atoms at the corners. :)