>Not so fast. My own family history shows that the symbol was first >attributed to Botticelli (a step cousin to one of my ancestors) who, [snipped dribbles] >called the painting 'Inflamity' but due to his lisp and my family's >general lack of respect for him, they thought he said 'Infinity'. So you >see I got you beat by over 200 years! Indeed Greg does....by 200 wit-years ! --- Luis