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Re: Amundsen at the South Pole
From: UNK
Date: 2011 Dec 14, 10:23 -0800
From: UNK
Date: 2011 Dec 14, 10:23 -0800
On top of the box is an artificial horizon not a chronometer.
The explanation in the text is:
"Helmer Hanssen (right) is bending over the artificial horizon, which is a tray of mercury."
Why his is doing that - bending over the tray - I don't know.
Paul Werner
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