Also, Axial Age in History, more resonance

[Mark Kohut]

MB nails it straight:
710 3 "the axial loads of History."
http://www.answers.com/topic/axial-load?cat=technology
axial load: "The resultant longitudinal internal component of force
which acts perpendicular to the cross section of a structural member
and at its centroid, producing uniform stress."
The History Derrick is referencing then, is built of beams
that may buckle ("the fall of a Crystal Palace")
 
Pynchon adds undertones?:
Historically, the Axial Age refers to the period from 800 to 200 b.c. during which intense intellectual development occurred in three different regions: China, India and the Occident. 
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A and "History is a Step-function."---V.   ???


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