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azerin writes "MUKANNA
My article about first ancient telescope from my website
http://astro.aznet.org.eng.htm
MUKANNA "MOONMAKER" - DISCOVERER OF MERCURY TELESCOPE
A.A.Rustamov
The surface of a fluid in a container, rotating around vertical axis at a constant angular speed, gets the form of the spining parabola. The mirrors having such form are ideal telescopes. This well known physical phenomenon was used in 1908 by noted physicist Robert Wood in his mercury telescope. This most "useless" his invention gained large popularity for him. His telescope, which was a rotating dish with mercury fixed at bottom of a well under cowshed, became sensation. Standing on edge of the well, people looked downwards and were amazed by image of stars, which were like bright electrical lamps hanging in the air.
"New telescope will discover a mystery of the Universe. Is Mars inhabited?"
"Mercury telescope, invented by genius from Baltimore, brings Moon near to Earth up to several miles" - such headings filled in pages of leading newspapers. "Associated Press" and popular scientific syndicates also snatched at new invention and the cowshed became a "place of pilgrimage" for scientists and curious people.
These quotations were taken from the book by Seabrook, W. "Doctor Wood, Modern Wizard of the Laboratory." [1]
In the beginning of XV century Abd ar-Rashid al-Bakuvi (native of Baku) in his book "On monuments and miracles of powerful king" (reduced version) [2] described an event of six hundred years old, which took place in town Nahshab (near Buhara ), in strong degree reminding Baltimore phenomenon. "
Posted by azerin on Saturday, February 09, 2008 @ 14:34:47 CST
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Eine kleine skull-musik . . . |
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Article Source - The Times
Death is no longer the end of a person’s life: dig them up, analyse them and revelations will emerge
THIS IS THE STORY of Einstein’s brain, Galileo’s finger, Shelley’s heart, Beethoven’s hair and Napoleon’s penis. But first, the tale of Mozart’s long-lost head.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born, as everyone in the world must now be aware, 250 years ago this month, and died 35 years later. He was buried in Vienna, but the gravedigger who had planted him later recovered the decomposing composer’s skull, when the grave was re-used.
This macabre object spent more than century in a basement in Austria, before being passed to the International Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg in 1901.
Posted by Angel on Sunday, January 08, 2006 @ 05:11:18 CST
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