Re: Crystal Spheres: Truth far stranger than fiction!

>From:    Tay JK <tayjk@???????.com>
>Subject: Re: Crystal Spheres: Truth far stranger than fiction!
>
>Hey, does anyone know where I can find some info on the original cyrstal
>sphere theory that TSR got the idea to use it for SJ?  I've got to research
>paper, and I'm thinking about doing it on crystal spheres.

Get a copy of Aristotle's works, available in the Penguin translation
(okay  for non-professionals) or the Loeb Classical library
translation (excellent because the original Greek is on each facing
page, so one can easily check questionable translations). Loeb is in
most college libraries, penguin available at most good bookstores.
Other translations exist, I can't vouch for them though.

Also do a web search on early astronomy, check out also the work of
Ptolemy. Also look for books in your library's catalog on the history
of astronomy.

Oh, most good Western Civilization textbooks have some info on that,
but don't check in the Ancient Greek section, instead skip ahead to
the 1700s and the Scientific Revolution, that's where astronomy gets
discussed, usually.

Sorry I can't recall _exactly_ which of Aristotle's books his
astronomy information is in (I was more interested in his theories of
government, philosophy, and veterinary medicine) but it shouldn't be
too hard to find.

If I remember I'll check at work tomorrow, bet i have a few
ciatations there you could use.
--
"We sleep safely in our beds, only because rough men stand guard in
the night, ready to visit violence upon those who would do us harm."
H.G. Wells.

Paul Westermeyer,  westermeyer.3@???.edu
Phd Candidate, History, Ohio State University
Instructor, Humanities, Columbus State Community College