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billyboy 24th October 2017 11:12

Astrolabe found
 
anyone old enough to remember these.....

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41724022

Farmer John 24th October 2017 17:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by billyboy (Post 8922)
anyone old enough to remember these.....

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41724022

Still got one in my chariot. Just need to work on an accurate timepiece, and a means of projecting a saved series of words, and we are away.

Dartskipper 24th October 2017 21:18

My hourglass would keep better time if I remembered to turn it over more often.

BobClay 24th October 2017 23:08

That reminds me, I need to find that middle sliding bit on my slide rule ...:wink: it doesn't seem to work very well without it ... :big_tongue:

Naytikos 25th October 2017 06:37

My abacus still works.

Tom Alexander 25th October 2017 07:19

I know I have kept my lodestone somewhere???????


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