On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:37:34 -0700, you wrote: >history community. These are people who know the issues, who know the science >(the words and concepts are far from arbitrary),
I realized something tonight that I knew but for some reason, it hadn't stuck me before: the word "pluton" already has a use in science. It is a "Body of magma which has solidified beneath the earth". I've been on a few of them, and can even see one from my house when I find the right gap between the trees (this one: http://www.shutterfreaks.com/gallery/album152/DSC_4055, photo not mine). So it makes me wonder-- does one field of science try to avoid reusing a term with an established specific meaning in another field of science (and would some far future geologist be looking for plutons on Plutons?) ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
