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Alf O’Brien, 1912
Vinnie Sullivan
1600s: #ArmillarySpheres were mathematical instruments that demonstrate the movement of the celestial sphere about a stationary Earth at its centre. Dating to the ancients, such as 2nd-century astronomer/mathematician Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria. 📸 My…
This mesmerising, gold pair-cased cylinder watch with perpetual calendar was made by Thomas Mudge. The impressive case was made by Peter Mounier (1764).
📸 My Trips To The British Museum
📸 My Trips To The British Museum
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The Observatory of Alexandria with an astronomer measuring the heavens with some instruments (cross staff, mariner’s astrolabe) which actually belong to a much later period (source: Camille Flammarion, L’Astronomie Populaire: Description générale du ciel, Paris: 1880)
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The ladies who once told us we were exaggerating, now live in an eggagerated world..
What they miss by advocating that youngsters are forced into the army is that it will allow the youth to mentally connect with those from the world wars who also didn't want to go. Today's kids think the average Englishman skipped all the way to the battlefield, but now, they'll slowly see that they're living a lie, just as our ancestors where then.
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#London Is Not For Sale - The Importance Of Our Cities 🏛
We're told it's time to give up & leave, but the truth is, some things can not simply be rebuilt.
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We're told it's time to give up & leave, but the truth is, some things can not simply be rebuilt.
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While we're all wasting away our time, time is wasting us all away..