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From: Chuck Taylor
Date: 2008 Aug 1, 09:47 -0700
From: Chuck Taylor
Date: 2008 Aug 1, 09:47 -0700
This may be of interest to Navigation List readers: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2474799/Unique-medieval-astrolabe-saved-by-the-British-Museum.html http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080801/NEWS02/463486771/-1/NEWS http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25951946/ What struck me was the size: the radius is 3 inches (77 mm). It has tentatively been dated to 1388. Chuck Taylor 48 N 122 W --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---