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Re: the Shovell Disaster
From: Michael Daly
Date: 2007 Nov 13, 12:43 -0500
From: Michael Daly
Date: 2007 Nov 13, 12:43 -0500
Nicol�s de Hilster wrote: > That was indeed unfortunate, but then, Newton's instrument never came > into production. 'Why not?' remains another question. Perhaps because the thought of lugging around a huge brass plate with a three to four foot long telescope intimidated the navigators too much. (size, weight and cost) I don't know that anyone would have thought to shrink it down, given the original design came from Newton - I wonder to what extent his contemporaries were in awe of him and would assume he must have done it right. Mike --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
