TIME TRACK OF THETA (HISTORY OF MAN)
GLOSSARY


ASH AUGUST: see Ash Wednesday and Shrovetide in a regular 
dictionary.

BEARD: Charles Austin Beard (1874-1948), American historian and 
educator. - Webster's Biographical Dictionary

CRACK OUT OF THE BOX, THE FIRST: the first attempt or try at 
something. - Editor.

EAST YARDSBOROUGH: a made-up name for a place. - Editor.

EIGHTEEN-GAUGE NEEDLE: a humorous reference to a very large 
hypodermic needle, having a diameter of approximately one 
twentieth of one inch, or 1.245 millimeters. - Editor.

FÉDÉRATION AÉRONAUTIQUE INTERNATIONALE: the international 
controlling body for noncommercial flying, with headquarters in 
Paris, France. The F.A.I. (as it is commonly known) establishes 
rules for intercountry and intercontinental flight and also acts 
as an international sanctioning body for all flight performance 
records (e.g., speed, altitude, range, etc.). - Editor.

GIBBON, EDWARD: (1737-94) English historian. His chief work was 
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 
published in five volumes from 1776 to 1788. His account of the 
rise of Christianity was the subject of prolonged controversy. - 
Webster's Biographical Dictionary

HEGEL: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831), German 
philosopher. His system of philosophy, commonly known as 
Hegelianism, was a philosophy of the Absolute and the leading 
system of metaphysics during the second quarter of the nineteenth 
century. - Webster's Biographical Dictionary

HELPER, THE: the name of one of the most powerful incidents in 
terms of charge on the early track. It is actually mitosis, or 
cell-splitting. - Scientology. A History of Man.

ICE-CUBE STATE: referring to a track incident called the Ice 
Cube. This is evidently a method of transportation of beings to a 
new area. The being is packed in ice, is taken to the new area 
and is usually dumped in the ocean. - Scientology. A History of 
Man.

INDEX OF FORBIDDEN BOOKS: in the Roman Catholic Church, a list of 
publications forbidden to be read, called Index librorum 
prohibitorum (list of forbidden books). Last published in 1948, 
it was declared inoperative in 1966. - Columbia Concise 
Encyclopedia.

JOSS, GIVEN: given religious worship. Joss is an Anglo-Chinese 
term meaning idol. - Editor.

KELLY: William Kelly (1811-88), American inventor of a process 
for making steel, utilizing an air blast on molten iron and the 
natural carbon content of molten cast iron to obtain greater heat 
for the process. - Webster's Biographical Dictionary.

MAXWELL'S: referring to James Clerk Maxwell (1831-79), Scottish 
physicist who worked on the theory of electromagnetism, advancing 
the hypothesis that light and electricity are the same in their 
ultimate nature. - Webster's Biographical Dictionary

M.I.T.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a technical school 
of university grade, with schools of architecture, engineering 
and science. - Columbia Encyclopedia.

NORBERT: Norbert Wiener (1894-1964), American mathematician and 
educator, known for his theory of cybernetics, the general 
analysis of control systems and communication systems in living 
organisms and machines. - Columbia Concise Encyclopedia.

PIAZZI: Giuseppi Piazzi (1746-1826), Italian monk, professor and 
astronomer. In 1801 he discovered the first minor planet 
(asteroid), which he named Ceres. - Editor.

PIN, THE: a shortened form of the kingpin: the leader; the most 
important person. - Editor.

POTTENGER, OLD DOC: Francis Marion Pottenger, M.D. (1869-1961), 
medical specialist in tuberculosis and founder of Pottenger 
Sanatorium in Monrovia, California. - Editor.

POWWOW: discussion or debate. - Dictionary of American Slang.

RANKATWOI: a made-up term which conveys the idea of a 
pretentious, specialized jargon. - Editor.

SHOOTIN' MATCH, the whole: all the persons or things concerned in 
a given matter. - Dictionary of American Slang.

SHROVE: see Shrovetide and Ash Wednesday in a regular dictionary.

XY FACTORS: the sex chromosomes contained in the genes of Homo 
sapiens. The combination of these factors determine the sex of 
the offspring: two Xs combine to make a girl; an X and Y, a boy. 
- Editor.