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strider_mt2k
#1 – 7:03 PM August 23, 2009
Just mind boggling.
My wife and I recently visited the Galileo exhibit at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia PA.
The workmanship and apparent precision in THOSE instruments is astounding, but to think that a device of this type and complexity was possible at that time?
Wow doesn't cover it.
Colin
#2 – 6:38 AM August 25, 2009
That's really interesting! I wonder what the motive power was - turning a knob wouldn't be very practical when you want to discover the positions of the slower-turning planets.