From: "@frank.net   
      
   On 6/30/2018 8:18 PM, Earle Jones wrote:   
   > On 2017-12-22 08:13:16 +0000, Libor 'Poutnik' Stříž said:   
   >   
   >> Dne 21/12/2017 v 03:21 Earle Jones napsal(a):   
   >>> *   
   >>> This series:   
   >>>   
   >>> Methane, ethane, propane, butane,...   
   >>>   
   >>> Do you call this the "methane series" or the "paraffin series" ?   
   >>   
   >> Do you call this the "homework question" or the "exam question" ?   
   >> The Usenet is an inferior search engine, if used this way.   
   >>   
   >> You have not manifested any sign of your own effort   
   >> like referring to textbook reading   
   >> nor simple Googling, that is much faster and comprehensive.   
   >   
   > *   
   > Dear Poutnik the Wanderer:   
   >   
   > Neither homework nor exam.  I am an 87-year-old electrical engineer,   
   > putting together a book on several subjects, including a somewhat   
   > gratuitous section on air pollution.   
   >   
   > About 70 years ago, in a high-school chemistry class, the series was   
   > called the "methane series."  Someone recently corrected me and called   
   > it the "paraffin series."   
   >   
   > Douchiraga desuka? (Which is it?)   
   >   
   > earle   
   > *   
   Quite easily googled up:   
      
   https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/alkanes   
      
   There are some students that do post homework questions to ng's like   
   this but we should act civil.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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