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Re: Mysterious celestial measurement
From: Robert H. van Gent
Date: 2016 Jul 1, 14:16 +0000
From: Robert H. van Gent
Date: 2016 Jul 1, 14:16 +0000
Hi, It is a detail from a well-known woodcut from one of Camille Flammarion's popular astronomy works. Simply google ''Alexandria" and "observatory" and you find the original and several others, some even with a 'telescope'. The colouring is not original and it is mirror-reversed. See also https://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/astro/ancientephemerides.htm Rob van Gent From: NavList@fer3.com [mailto:NavList@fer3.com] On Behalf Of Ed Popko Sent: vrijdag 1 juli 2016 15:44 To: Gent, R.H. van (Rob) Subject: [NavList] Mysterious celestial measurement What could this person possibly be measuring? Artistic license for sure. Attached File:
