Re: VMs: Newbies contribution and the inevitable silly question

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Chris,

At 06:36 24/02/03 -0600, Chris Parry wrote:
> Forgive me if this has been discussed before, but, is there
> anyone else that thinks the objects like those on the left of
> f99v bear more than a passing resemblance to primitive
> microscopes?

I'd say it's just about possible, though probably quite unlikely.

In support, I'd point out that the object on the bottom left of f89r looks 
stylistically like Venetian Murano glass of 1450-1500, and the Murano 
family were the main people doing glass-related R&D in Europe at that time.

Against it, I'd say that (a) it's just a bit of a long-shot, and (b) it 
doesn't help us understand anything about the rest of the VMS. What 
predictions could we base upon the hypothesis that we could actually test?

The advances I've made in my personal understanding the VMS have all arisen 
from proposing a view, making a tangible prediction based upon that view, 
and testing it out in practice.

Cheers, .....Nick Pelling.....

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