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On This Day in Space! Nov. 21, 1676: Astronomer (Accidentally) Discovers Speed of Light
Space.com ^
| Nov 21, 2018
| Hanneke Weitering, Space.com Staff Writer
Posted on 11/21/2018 1:22:53 PM PST by ETL
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To: hecticskeptic
Ping me if you figure it out.
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11/21/2018 3:44:03 PM PST
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outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
To: imardmd1; hecticskeptic
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11/21/2018 3:47:54 PM PST
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outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
To: ETL
There was a young lady named Bright
Whose speed was far faster than light;
She set out one day
In a relative way
And returned on the previous night.
— Arthur Henry Reginald Buller
To: Telepathic Intruder
While the pendulum clock was marketed in the mid 17th century it was actually discovered that a pendulum had a constant moment in the very early 16th century by Galileo and others. He started work on a clock but got too busy to finish it.
Pendulum clocks were extraordinarily accurate. While my living room grandfather clock loses about 1 minute a month the most accurate pendulum clocks lose about 1 second every 12 years.
It is amazing what people did in the past that we forget about now and think of them as backwards.
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11/21/2018 7:41:54 PM PST
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JAKraig
(my religion is at least as good as yours)
To: 6SJ7; AdmSmith; AFPhys; Arkinsaw; allmost; aristotleman; autumnraine; bajabaja; ...
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11/22/2018 12:44:17 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
To: JAKraig
Not many would understand but I so love being corrected. Galileo is uncredited in many ways.
To: outofsalt; imardmd1
Excellent and thanks..... what a great program that was.
To: hecticskeptic; imardmd1
Thanks belong to you and imardmd1!
I was happy to learn about the show and imardmd1 filled in the gap for me to find it on the interwebs. I’m going to buy the CD’s myself as the price is very reasonable and I will probably check out the catalog for other programs.
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11/22/2018 4:36:30 AM PST
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outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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