Interesting reaction. In this entry, I'm trying to lay out the sequence of public statements as we have them, in order, to see when the object was first called a Keystone, and why, then when the term "Holy Stone" was first applied, and why. But by sharing the news stories in chronological order as best as we can reconstruct them (since some of the Daily Commercial articles don't exist in their archive, but are quoted by date in later newspapers which reappropriated them, filling in a few gaps). I found it interesting that "Holy-stone of Newark" was used early on, even before more were found, and the term "Newark Holy Stones" became a common label. Keystone is also of interest, because functionally with the knob, and given the size, it's more of a plummet or plumb-bob (cf. Amos 7:7-9) than a keystone for an arch . . . but Keystone was used from very early on in the published discussions around it. Next I will talk about the turn coverage takes from Sept. 1; the Decalogue Stone will not appear until Nov. 1, and I'm keeping the discussion focused and sequential -- from June 29, to the eve of Sept. 1, when the national flagship publication "Harper's Weekly" takes on the question of the Keystone and what it might mean, on its cover.
Interesting reaction. In this entry, I'm trying to lay out the sequence of public statements as we have them, in order, to see when the object was first called a Keystone, and why, then when the term "Holy Stone" was first applied, and why. But by sharing the news stories in chronological order as best as we can reconstruct them (since some of the Daily Commercial articles don't exist in their archive, but are quoted by date in later newspapers which reappropriated them, filling in a few gaps). I found it interesting that "Holy-stone of Newark" was used early on, even before more were found, and the term "Newark Holy Stones" became a common label. Keystone is also of interest, because functionally with the knob, and given the size, it's more of a plummet or plumb-bob (cf. Amos 7:7-9) than a keystone for an arch . . . but Keystone was used from very early on in the published discussions around it. Next I will talk about the turn coverage takes from Sept. 1; the Decalogue Stone will not appear until Nov. 1, and I'm keeping the discussion focused and sequential -- from June 29, to the eve of Sept. 1, when the national flagship publication "Harper's Weekly" takes on the question of the Keystone and what it might mean, on its cover.
Jeff is grasping at straws and taking things out of context in a way that make it impossible to follow