On 30-Oct-06, at 12:38, Emily Babendreier wrote: > Does this help? > > fluorescence > Sir George G. Stokes (1819-1903) from fluorspar (see fluorine), > because in > it he first noticed the phenomenon, + ending -escence from opalescence, > phosphorescence. > Tanks a lot. I had a similar hypothesis. In fact Sir George G. Stokes observed the phenomenon of the mysterious Luminescence (Lumen = light + escent=become) of the Fluorspar. The rock became visibly lighting under the action of invisible UV. Thus, the FLUORspar's luminESCENCE was contracted to FLUOR-ESCENCE. But, unfortunately, it is just a hypothesis... L. VOLKOV , Ph. D; M. D. Asst. en Cytometrie -Microscopie loc. 4867 Service commun de cytométrie et de microscopie Centre de recherches cliniques 3001, 12 av.Nord SHERBROOKE Quebec, CANADA J1H 5N4 Tel: (819) 346-1110 ext 1-4867 Fax: (819) 564-5215 Leonid Volkov <leonid.volkov@chus.qc.ca>Received on Tue Oct 31 13:38:00 2006
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