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|    HenHanna to Peter Moylan    |
|    Re: Possible accidental sighting of a ne    |
|    30 Jun 24 00:54:40    |
      XPost: alt.usage.english       From: HenHanna@devnull.tb              On 6/25/2024 3:58 PM, Peter Moylan wrote:       > On 26/06/24 06:41, Stefan Ram wrote:       >       >> I was combing through the interwebs for the lowdown on this whole       >> "electromagnetic mass" of the electron deal (J.J. Thomson, Abraham,       >> Lorentz, and that crew) when I stumbled upon this gnarly footnote in       >> "Poincaré on Mass-Energy Equivalence". Then it hit me like a       >> Mavericks wave - the author was some dude called "P. Moylan"!       >       > It ain't me, babe. Just a coincidence of names.       >       > My uncle is currently trying to organise a Moylan family reunion.       > Perhaps I should write to this fellow in Pennsylvania with an invitation.       >       > That reminds me. An AUE regular once asked me whether I was related to       > the linguist Séamus Ó Maoláin. I contacted him, and indeed he was from       > the same small region that my people came from. So there's probably a       > connection, but we could find the missing links. He died three years       > ago, so we likely never will.       >                     Moylan is Irish?                     Hugh "Blazes" Boylan -- Works as a musical impresario, managing Molly       Bloom's upcoming concert tour (which is a pretext for his visit on       Bloomsday).                      iirc... he is hung like a horse.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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