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Re: Jack Aubrey, Navigator
From: Ed Popko
Date: 2015 Jun 2, 17:00 -0700
From: Ed Popko
Date: 2015 Jun 2, 17:00 -0700
Sad that Aubrey did not seem to know about Galileo's Celatone. Given the seemingly inexhaustible supply of wine they always seemed to have on board, he could have easily floated the viewing bowl:
Celatone
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celatone
Galilei és a celatone (video)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGGgg_Toxnc
Ed Popko
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