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#80637 - 10/10/02 12:54 PM Re: light
wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858	From the derived Indo-European root LEUK, which meant light or brightness, we have inherited at least 196 modern English words, including the following: From Old-Middle English - light, lea (a meadow or the place where the sun shines) From Latin - lumen, illuminate, lunar, lunatic, luster, illustration, lucid, translucent F From Greek - link (an ancient name for a torch), lynx (a name given to the animal with a light shining in its eyes)
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#80638 - 10/11/02 05:07 AM Re: light
Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 6296 Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U...	In reply to: lynx (a name given to the animal with a light shining in its eyes) I'm reading a book about deserts in the US Southwest, and someone there observes that you can identify three specific animals in vehicular lights this way: blue reflection from eyes = deer red reflection from eyes = coyote green reflection from eyes = mountain lion
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#80639 - 10/11/02 09:08 AM Re: light
wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858	There was a myth that lynxes could see through walls. So Gallileo belonged to a society of scientists who called themselves the "Lincei" (? spelling) I'll go look it up. I did,and here's one of several URLs. required Acrobat Reader http://libraries.ou.edu/depts/histscience/pdf/Lincei.pdf
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