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	Rocky Road: Johann Bartholomew Adam Beringer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		According to legend, Beringer's students played a heartless joke on him, and he was so devastated by the humiliation that his life was cut cruelly short.
		Beringer considered all the logical possibilities: they were sports of nature formed by the "plastic power" of the earth, they grew in place from seeds and eggs trapped in rock, they were the remains of biblical flood victims.
		Beringer even considered the possibility that they were the carvings of prehistoric pagans, but he had to rule out this possibility since pagans wouldn't know the name of God.
	www.strangescience.net /beringer.htm (263 words)

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	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/johann.html (2903 words)

	Johann Beringer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Professor Johann Bartholomew Adam Beringer of the faculty of medicine of WÃ¼rtzburg was the victim of a famous early 18th century hoax, perpetuated on him by his colleagues J.
		Ignatz Roderick, professor of geography and mathematics, and Johann Georg von Eckhart, privy counsellor and university librarian, apparently in retaliation for Beringer's habitual arrogance.
		To his credit, Beringer took a relatively rigorous and scientific approach to the matter; he proposed several possible explanations for the fossils in addition to his own preferred interpretation, that while some few of these stones might be dead animals (fossils) most were just "capricious fabrications of God" hidden to test mankind's faith.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Johann_Beringer (494 words)

	Johann Beringer at AllExperts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Professor Johann Bartholomew Adam Beringer of the faculty of medicine of Würtzburg was the victim of a famous early 18th century hoax, perpetuated on him by his colleagues J.
		Ignatz Roderick, professor of geography and mathematics, and Johann Georg von Eckhart, privy counsellor and university librarian, apparently in retaliation for Beringer's habitual arrogance.
		To his credit, Beringer took a relatively rigorous and scientific approach to the matter; he proposed several possible explanations for the fossils in addition to his own preferred interpretation, that while some few of these stones might be dead animals (fossils) most were just "capricious fabrications of God" hidden to test mankind's faith.
	en.allexperts.com /e/j/jo/johann_beringer.htm (542 words)

	The Lying Stones of Dr
		Beringer had previously committed himself so completely to the theory that fossils are simply "stones of a peculiar sort, hidden by the Author of Nature for his own pleasure".
		Beringer had noticed this too, and said in his book: “the figures...are so exactly fitted to the dimensions of the stones, that one would swear that they are the work of a very meticulous sculptor...[and they] seem to bear unmistakable indications of the sculptor's knife...
		The Beringer incident is not a hallmark or turning point in the history of geology or paleontology, but is does illustrate the state of the art at the close of the 17 and beginning of the 18 century, a period in time just before scientific geology was born.
	www.geo.umn.edu /courses/1081/handouts/1081_Bers_Lying_StHandout_1_2006.htm (3172 words)

	Johann Beringer -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He even considered the possibility that they were the carvings of prehistoric (A person who does not acknowledge your God) pagans, but he had to rule this out since pagans wouldn't know the name of God.
		Even before publication of Beringer's book, critics had pointed out that some of the stones showed evidence of (An edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge) chisel marks.
		The stones became known as lügensteine, "lying stones." Some of the stones have survived and are in the University Museum, Oxford.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/J/Jo/Johann_Beringer.htm (401 words)

	The lying stones of Wurzburg and Marrakech. (fake fossils), Stephen Jay Gould (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In 1726, Johann Bartholomew Adam Beringer, an insufferably pompous and dilettantish professor and physician from the town of Wurzburg, published a volume, the Lithographiae Wirceburgensis (or Wurzburg lithography), documenting in copious words and twenty-one plates a remarkable series of fossils that he had found on a mountain adjacent to the city.
		Beringer was a pompous ass, and his florid and convoluted phrases must rank as a caricature of true scholarship.
		Beringer, to his misfortune, and largely as a result of his own limitations, did not pick a "flawless stone," but he properly defended the great value of paleontology and of empirical science in general.
	apollonius.addr.com /Bookshop/theLyingStones.htm (5405 words)

	BERINGER, Johann Bartholomaeus Adam, Lithographiae Wirceburgensis, ducentis lapidum figuratorum, a potiori ...
		BERINGER, Johann Bartholomaeus Adam, Lithographiae Wirceburgensis, ducentis lapidum figuratorum, a potiori insectiformium, prodigiosis imaginibus exornata...
		Beringer (ca 1667-1738) was a Würzburg physician and dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the university.
		As Melvin Jahn writes in his translation and commentary (The lying stones of Dr. Johann Bartholomew Adam Beringer, University of California 1963) the episode is important in the history of palaeontology for revealing the variety of conflicting explanations still current and the genuine intellectual perplexity amongst learned dilettanti occasioned by 'figured stones'.
	www.polybiblio.com /watbooks/2772.html (911 words)

	Germany
		Johann Wilhelm Baumer (1719-1788) was professor of medicine and physics at the Universities of Erfurt and Giessen.
		Some pupils of J. Beringer of Würzburg decided that they would assists nature and their Professor by making some of these sports themselves; they therefore carved fantastic figures and hid them in the hills which Beringer explored.
		Johann Leonard Frisch (1666-1743) was director of a Berlin gymnasium and author of several dictionaries.
	www.antiquariaatjunk.com /php/search.php3?Subjects=Germany&CatTitle=Germany (6943 words)

	Karl-Friedrich Beringer & Windsbacher Knabenchor - Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works - General Discussions
		He is obviously a perfectionist, yet his singers' faces reflect their total dedication and sincere willingness to follow his lead, indicating that he is also able to work with them as human beings and not little machines.
		Karl Friedrich Beringer hätte mit seinem hervorragend präparierten Windsbacher Knabenchor solche Stellen noch plastischer herausarbeiten können.
		Immerhin schlägt er die Brücke von Johann Sebastian Bach zu Mozart, was auf den ersten Blick kaum denkbar erscheint.
	www.bach-cantatas.com /Performers/Windsbacher-Gen.htm (1649 words)

	The Lying Stones of Dr. Beringer
		Johann Bartholomew Adam Beringer (1667-1740) was an arrogant, overbearing man who had a talent for making enemies.
		In May 1725 Beringer paid some local boys to explore nearby Mount Eivelstadt and bring him any interesting objects they might find (this was in the days before scientists had invented the concept of doing their own fieldwork).
		In a state of panic, Beringer frantically tried to buy up all the existing copies of his book (all extant copies of it are now rare collector's items).
	www.museumofhoaxes.com /beringer.html (433 words)

	Science Show - 13 November 2004 - Fake Fossils
		I should also say that Beringer in his monograph spent some time discussing the possibility that these fossils might have been formed by the Great Flood, because this was another idea that was in vogue at the time.
		And he dismissed the idea of the Great Flood on a fantastic piece of evidence to me, which is that one of the fossils is actually a twig from an oak tree and it has an acorn on it, perfectly preserved, associated with the leaf.
		And this, Beringer uses evidence that it couldn't possibly be formed by the Great Flood because it was known or thought at that time that the Great Flood occurred during May and acorns would not be around in the northern hemisphere during May - they would be around in October, September or November time.
	abc.net.au /rn/scienceshow/stories/2004/1237473.htm (1606 words)

	Jung Family Tree
		Johannes Christianus JUNG was born on 26 Jan 1765 in Niederrossbach, Germany.
		Johann Martinus JUNG was born on 29 Feb 1788 in Niederrossbach, Germany.
		Johannes Christianus JUNG was born on 30 Sep 1761 in Niederrossbach, Germany.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~frantzen/trees/jmjung.html (11030 words)

	BIOL 321 Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Colleagues or students of Johann Beringer of Würzburg's fashioned fake "fossils," which were left in the coutryside, then 'found' for him to study.
		Johann Jacob Scheuchzer (a Diluvialist) in 1725 uncovered the skeleton of a large vertebrate animal: he believed that it represented a man (a sinner), drowned in the Great Flood, and in 1730 he named it Homo diluvii testis (man who witnessed the deluge).
		Johann Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) and the "theory of the gene" (1865).
	www.biology.ualberta.ca /courses.hp/biol321/biol321.lecture2.htm (1671 words)

	NameTraq \| Last Name: Beringer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Beringer Blass has had a flat last two months of 2003, according to press reports.
		Pat Beringer, Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist in La Crosse, said preliminary numbers are in, but most have been counted by county, not deer...
		Richard Beringer asked the board to approve a contract with the state for up to $7,593.86 per year for a five year training program.
	www.nametraq.org /Jan04/B/Beringer.shtml (1096 words)

	Geological Society - About Us - GeoFakes Frauds and Hoaxes - Abstracts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Among the 2000 ‘iconoliths’ as Beringer referred to these objects, were spiders sitting on their webs, birds with eggs, copulating frogs and even minute comets and tablets inscribed with Hebrew writing.
		Beringer recognized that the iconoliths were special, differing from normal fossils such as the ammonoids and bivalves previously known from the Muschelkalk.
		While Beringer has become a figure of ridicule and his iconoliths dubbed ‘Lügensteine’ or ‘lying stones’, the fraud must be viewed in its historical context, a time when the definition and origin of fossils had not been entirely settled.
	www.geolsoc.org.uk /template.cfm/template.cfm?name=AbstratcsFraudFakeHoax (3152 words)

	Kneupper Family Tree 2003
		Johann's gravestone at the old Selma cemetery also shows him as "John", so it is assumed he must have gone by this name in his lifetime.
		Johann was appointed Postmaster on 11 Nov 1872 and JP of Precinct 5 of Blanco Co. in 1880.
		Johann's gravestone lists his birthdate as 17 Apr 1852, but this this is belived to be in error since the Kneuppers had not yet emigrated from Germany at this point, and Johann was born in Texas.
	www.kneupper.com /kneupper_family_tree_2003.htm (12969 words)

	On the Origin of Dragons
		It was not before 1708 that Johann Jakob SCHEUCHZER (amongst others) recognized their real nature.
		On May 31, 1725 the worthy physician was presented three stones, one bearing the figure of the sun, the other two a kind of worm.
		One explanation often heard was that the stones had been used by a lover of BERINGER´s wife to get his rival out of the house keeping him occupied for a significant time.
	www.geocities.com /lermore/dragon/dragonood.htm (1800 words)

	Wilhites
		The possible paternal ancestry of Johann Michael Wilheit is as follows: the surname Wylhart, Wilheitt, Wilheyt and Wylhatt is found on a 1539 tax list in Schwaigern.
		Johann Michael's father, Michael Willheit, "great care taken of the poor", was born 9 Sept, 1645, in Schwaigern to Johann Georg Willheit and Barbara Lutz.
		While Johann Michael Wilhite's name does not appear as a party to this suit, he is named along with other Second Colony Immigrants in land grant and court records of that time.
	www.wilhite.info /wilhites.htm (3355 words)

	Evidence for Life on Mars Remains Weak
		Another distinguished scientist from the early 1700s, Johann Bartholomew Adam Beringer, reported the discovery of "perfect" fossils of many animals, Including butterflies, birds with freshly laid eggs, spiders with webs, and "fossilized imprints" of the moon, sun and stars.
		However, Beringer was duped into falling for a hoax; the stones had been carved, hidden, and dug up -- a plot to disgrace Beringer by scholars who despised him.
		Following his account of Scheuchzer and Beringer, Schopf concludes with a chapter on the NASA scientists who claimed in 1996 that they had found evidence of life on Mars in a meteorite (ALH84001) that landed in Antarctica 13,000 years ago.
	www.spacedaily.com /news/mars-life-99d.html (1611 words)

	Beringer's Stones
		Beringer's stones, and preamble discussing competing views of fossils (approx.
		The joy of Beringer on unearthing these proofs of the immediate agency of the finger of God in creating fossils knew no bounds.
		A list of the authorities upon this episode, with the text of one of the epigrams circulated at poor Beringer's expense, is given by Dr. Reuss in the Serapeum for 1852, p.
	www.lhup.edu /~dsimanek/beringer.htm (1961 words)

	Beringer Dr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Hohann Bartholemew Adam Beringer of the faculty of medicine of W??????rtzburg...
		Beringer lectured widely on this theme and was...
		Autor Dr.Burkhard Beringer - Der Autor: Dr.Burkhard Beringer.
	wine.silverleve.info /wine/beringer-dr.html (293 words)

	New Scientist Premium- Histories: Johann Beringer and the fraudulent fossils - Histories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The scene opens with Johann Beringer, chief physician to the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg and Duke of Franconia, gazing into his cabinet of curiosities.
		Johann's dearest wish is to find something so remarkable his name will go down in history.
		His fellow conspirator, Georg von Eckhart, is privy councillor and librarian to the duke's court and the university.
	www.newscientist.com /channel/life/mg18424793.300 (281 words)

	Johann Beringer - Definition up Erdmond.Com
		of the faculty of medicine of Würtzburg was the victim of a famous early 18th century hoax, perpetuated on him by his colleagues J._Ignatz_Roderick, professor of geography and mathematics, and Johann_Georg_von_Eckhart, privy counsellor and university librarian, apparently in retaliation for Beringer's habitual arrogance.
		The hoaxers carved limestone into the shapes of animals such as lizards, frogs, spiders on their webs, and the Hebrew name of God in Latin, Arabic, and Hebrew characters, and planted them on Mount_Eibelstadt where Beringer frequently went to find fossil s.
		Beringer had noticed this too, and said in his book:...the figures...are so exactly fitted to the dimensions of the stones, that one would swear that they are the work of a very meticulous sculptor...[and they] seem to bear unmistakable indications of the sculptor's knife...
	www.erdmond.com /Johann_Beringer.html (498 words)

	Beringer's Autographed Stones
		Beringer lectured widely on this theme and was highly respected in certain quarters.
		They tried to convince Beringer that the stones were a fraud, without however admitting that they were the hoaxers.
		Beringer then appeals to the reader to see that this was just a plot to discredit his work.
	www.lhup.edu /~dsimanek/berstone.htm (1013 words)

	Worldroots.com
		Johann Jakob LANG,Diakon in Göppingen °Nürtingen 25.7.1646 +Stuttgart 23.2.1690 xNürtingen 30.7.1672
		Johann Caspar BURKHARDT Beck in Tübingen °Tübingen 11.9.1694 +Tübingen 13.4.1741 xTübingen 9.7.1720
		Johann Bernhard ROTHACKER?Metzger in Tübingen °Tübingen 24.6.1613 +Tübingen 6.2.1669 xTübingen 5.3.1644
	www.worldroots.com /brigitte/famous/g/gracekellyanc.html (3879 words)

	Man and His Gods
		It was the whimsy view that brought the geologist Johann Beringer to grief.
		So definitely had this professor in the University of Würzburg committed himself to the theory that fossils are 'stones of a peculiar sort, hidden by the Author of Nature for his own pleasure,' that some of his skeptical students determined to give his faith a thorough trial.
		With each successive find Beringer was increasingly convinced that he had come upon irrefutable evidence of the hand of God, and he published (1726) his discoveries in a treatise illustrated by twenty-one folio plates, devoting a chapter to the refutation of those among his skeptical colleagues who asserted that the fossils were fakes.
	www.positiveatheism.org /hist/homer7b.htm (4836 words)

	"Scientific Hoaxes, Part II" by Edward Willett
		The notion that fossils were the remains of prehistoric life was not yet generally accepted; Dr. Johann Beringer, head of a committee from the University of Wurzburg that investigated the fossils, declared they weren't bones at all, but "capricious fabrications of God" hidden to test mankind's faith.
		Beringer took this as proof of his ideas and wrote a book.
		Beringer, his reputation ruined, spent every pfennig trying to buy all the available copies of his embarrassing book, which ironically made it a collector's item.
	www.edwardwillett.com /Columns/sciencehoaxes2.htm (832 words)

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