Re: "Sagan and Velikovsky" to appear in local book stores

Sherwood Harrington (sherwood@netcom.com)
Sun, 22 Jan 1995 08:07:53 GMT

Karl Kluge (kckluge@krusty.eecs.umich.edu) wrote:
: In article <3fsj1t$eti@hustle.rahul.net> Sherwood Harrington <sherwood@rahul.net> writes:

: > Oh, yes, circulation: according to the ASP's most recent Postal Service
: > form 3526, the last issue of _Mercury_ had a publishing run of 6,600
: > copies in TOTAL. "Major organ", what a trip.

: Although it does suggest a new net nickname -- Ted "Major Organ" Holden

Good! Especially since an anagram of "organ" is "groan".

BTW, the founder and first president of the Astronomical Society of the
Pacific (_Mercury's_ parent organization) was also the first director of
Lick Observatory. The late-19th century gentleman's name was...
Edward Holden. No kidding.

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Sherwood Harrington

Astronomy Department

DeAnza College

Cupertino, CA  95014