Fw: Introduction to Chenical Physics (chenical?)

[K3 V iN Cummiskey]

Hey Doctrine,

What's new in the Worm business?

I was unaware "OBA" was serving out such an extended life span, remarkable.

P.S. (i couldnt find any listing when i googled Chenical, did you mean genital?)



--- On Tue, 9/9/08, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
> Subject: Introduction to Chenical Physics
> To: "P-list" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 3:36 AM
> Introduction to Chemical Physics: Designed for the Use of
> Academies,
> High Schools, and Colleges. Illus. with Numerous
> Engravings, and
> Containing Copious Lists of Experiments with Directions for
> Preparing
> Them
> By Thomas Ruggles Pynchon
> Published by D. Van Nostrand, 1873
> 
> http://books.google.com/books?id=bDpJAAAAIAAJ
> 
> 1760  (ca.)
> 
> Yale alumnus Joseph Pynchon, becomes a merchant in
> Guilford, and
> eventually in New York. He is a 'tory', opposing
> the movement towards
> independence in Connecticut. He marries a Sarah Ruggles.
> Since their
> son was born, there have been at least 6 persons called
> Thomas Ruggles
> Pynchon. The first one is a doctor who dies at 36.
> 
> [...]
> 
> 1851
> 
> Nathaniel Hawthorne publishes The House of the Seven
> Gables. Rev.
> Thomas Ruggles Pynchon (1823-1904) writes the author a
> letter,
> complaining about the 'abuse' of the
> 'Pyncheon' name. This Rev. Thomas
> Ruggles Pynchon will become the ninth president of Trinity
> College in
> Hartford, Conn., where he teaches science and religion. In
> 1881 he
> publishes an Introduction to Chemical Physics. His brother
> William is
> the great-grandfather of author Thomas Pynchon.
> 
> http://www.vheissu.info/bio/eng_tijdlijn.htm
> 
> And see as well, e.g., ...
> 
> http://www.vheissu.info/varia/eng_ancest.htm
> 
> http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_biography.html